Sugar Cookies

This is a recipe I created when I was living in London.  I was bored a lot so I decided to develop the perfect sugar cookie and I experimented a lot with it to develop, in my opinion, the best sugar cookie recipe out there! I'll let you all in on my sugar cookie secret: brown sugar.  I use about 1/3 brown and 2/3 white instead of all white like most recipes call for.  I personally think it gives the cookies a lot better flavor.  And since they are always gone in about 30 minutes, I'd say Randin, Toby and Colleen agree.  Try them and tell me what you think! 

Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup butter, room temperature 
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder 
1 1/3 Flour

it makes about 15 large sugar cookies if you don't eat all the dough first :)

1. Turn oven on to 375.   Mix butter and sugar in the mixer until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes, scraping down the edges every minute.
2.  On low mix in the egg and vanilla.

3. Combine the flour, baking soda and baking powder.  On low, slowly mix in the flour until just combined.

4. Form balls about 1 inch by 1 inch.

5.  Bake 7-8 minutes.  If you want soft cookies, be sure to take them out as soon as the edges even start to look brown.  They may seem really doughy, but trust me they firm up if you let them sit on a plate for a bit.  If you let the whole cookies get golden brown before removing, they will be really hard.  Which is great if you like them like that, but I don't! :)
6. Try not to eat them all yourself!