Sugar Cookie Dough

Name: Sugar Cookie Dough
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) (4 sticks) butter, softened; 1 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 2 eggs; 3 egg yolks; 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 5 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground allspice

9 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

2 cup(s) (4 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 cup(s) sugar
2 eggs
3 egg yolks
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
5 cup(s) flour
1 teaspoon(s) salt
1 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon(s) ground allspice

Directions

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1. Beat the butter, using a mixer on medium-high speed. Beat in the sugar, eggs, yolks, and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to medium-low and beat in the remaining ingredients. If tinting dough, add food coloring.
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2. For chocolate dough, reduce flour to 4 1/2 cups and add 2/3 cup cocoa. For hand-formed cookies, transfer to an airtight container. For rolled and cut cookies, divide dough in half, form into 1-inch-thick slabs, and cover tightly with plastic wrap. For sliced cookies, use parchment paper to roll dough into logs.
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3. Chill dough at least 2 hours. And chill formed cookies 20 minutes before baking at 350 degrees F on parchment-lined baking pans 10 to 15 minutes, depending on cookie size. For tinted-dough cookies, reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake 12 to 18 minutes.