The Perfect Three-Sugar Sugar Cookie
- 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup demerara sugar (or light brown sugar)
- 1 3/4 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup 2 tbsp. bread flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla salt, or kosher salt
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, and beat well after each addition.
- Add the vanilla extract, the flours, the baking soda, baking powder, and salt. On low speed, beat the mixture until the dry ingredients are well-incorporated, about 1 minute.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or a Silpat. Scoop a heaping tablespoon of dough and roll it until it forms a sphere between your palms. Place the dough on the baking sheet (8 cookies per sheet), giving them room to spread. Dust the tops of each ball of dough with a little demerara sugar, and a tiny bit of fleur de sel or vanilla salt.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven on the middle rack for 12-15 minutes. (Do not bake these on the bottom rack in the oven-the high proportion of brown sugar will cause the bottoms to darken too much.) At this time, the cookies should have taken on a golden brown color all around the edge, but still look very soft in the center-like hot cookie dough. Remove the tray from the oven, and allow the cookies to cool directly on the tray for 10 minutes before eating.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/3918-the-perfect-three-sugar-sugar-cookie (may not work)