Girl Scout Cookies

Name: Girl Scout Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 dozen (2-1/2-inch cookies).
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; Decorator's sugar, optional

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch YIELD: 4 dozen (2-1/2-inch cookies).

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first nationwide sale, the Girl Scouts shared the original sugar cookie recipe used when the troops made their own cookies. —Girl Scout Council

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Decorator's sugar, optional

Directions

1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk and vanilla. Whisk together flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill at least 2 hours or overnight.
2. Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with trefoil cookie cutter or cutter of your choice. Place cookies on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with decorator's sugar if desired.
3. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 78 calories, 4g fat (3g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 54mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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