Pillsbury Sugar Cookies (Sugar Cookie Dough)

Baked slice and bake sugar cookies on a wire cooling rack.

Pillsbury Sugar Cookies (Sugar Cookie Dough)

This copycat Pillsbury Sugar Cookie recipe is buttery with a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Based on the slice and bake sugar cookies we all know and love, this recipe is one you will want to bake over and over again.

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Prep Time: 15

Servings: servings

Calories: 159kcal

Ingredients

1 cup margarine (80% vegetable oil) or can sub butter
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp butter extract
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

To make copycat Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough, start by creaming together the margarine and granulated sugar for 2 minutes.
Add the egg, vanilla extract and butter extract.
Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix in the flour, baking powder and salt.
Mix until the dough comes together.
Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and knead a few times.
Roll into a long, skinny log.
Wrap with plastic wrap and store in the fridge for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
When you are ready to bake the cookies, slice the cookies into 1 inch portions and arrange on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake at 350° for 7-12 minutes (depending on how wide the cookies are in diameter).The cookies will spread and the edges will start to crack slightly when they are ready to come out of the oven.
Allow the cookies to cool on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

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