Adding Orange and Chocolate to Traditional Sugar Cookies for a New Twist

Sugar cookies are my favorite cookie to use with cookie cutters. The dough is easy to roll out and cut out shapes from. You bake the cookies and let cool. Decorations are a necessity. Spread on icing if you like. Add a lot of sprinkles. Sugar cookies are really easy to prepare. Making them is a lot of fun. Kids like to help you in the kitchen too. Here are some recipes that are a twist to the traditional Sugar cookie.

Lemon Sugar Cookies
1 cup sugar
1 cup margarine
1 egg
2 teaspoons lemon flavoring
1 tablespoon milk
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
2-½ cups flour

Find a large mixing bowl. Mix sugar and margarine together with a mixer. Add 1 egg, milk and lemon flavoring to bowl. Beat with a mixer for about 2 minutes. Add salt and baking soda to bowl. Mix well. Add the flour to bowl and mix together. Roll out dough onto wax paper. Use your choice of cookie cutters on the sugar cookie dough. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake sugar cookies for 9 to 11 minutes. Remove from pan to cool. When they are cool, add any powered sugar icing to cookies if you like. Add an assortment of sprinkles on top. Let sugar cookies dry. Eat and enjoy.

Orange Sugar Cookies
2/3 cup margarine
¾ cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon orange flavoring
1 teaspoon grated orange peeling
1 egg
2 cups flour
1-½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt

Find a large mixing bowl. Add margarine, sugar, milk, orange flavoring , and grated orange peeling to bowl. Beat with mixer for about 2 minutes. Add egg and beat for another minute. Add salt and baking powder. Mix in well. Stir in flour. Wrap up dough and put in refrigerator for 1 hour. Take out and roll out on wax paper. Use cookie cutters to get the shapes that you want. Put cookies on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 7 to 9 minutes. Let Orange sugar cookies cool. Decorate as you like.

Chocolate Sugar Cookies
1 stick margarine
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk
¼ cup flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup cocoa

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Find a large mixing bowl. Add sugar and 1 stick of margarine. Beat with mixer. Add milk, vanilla, and 1 egg to bowl. Beat with mixer for about 2 minutes. Add salt and baking powder to bowl. Mix in. Add flour and cocoa. Beat well. Grease a cookie sheet. Spoon on teaspoons full of cookie dough. Bake Chocolate sugar cookies for 8-9 minutes or until edges turn golden brown.

Try a new twist from making the traditional Sugar cookie this year. These 3 recipes should help get you started. Have fun baking!