Chewy Sugar Cookies

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During my pregnancy, I craved sugar cookies like a mad woman. I pretty much never bought them, but any opportunity to make them, I did. When it came time to whipping up a batch of cookies for Santa, my mind immediately went to a simple sugar cookie—huge emphasis on simple.

These were really easy to make, especially with the assistance of my favorite kitchen helper.

The cookies are soft and chewy, thanks to the cream cheese and oil (I know sometimes it sounds weird to add oil to cookies but I find that cookies and muffins/cakes made with oil are always really tender and moist). You can change up what you roll or top the cookies with based on the occasion. We kept them simple with just a little bit of silver decorating sugar, but these would be great with some pastel sprinkles or decorating sugar for Easter or springtime renditions. These were a big hit with our family and Santa too (yes, I’m posting them just a wee bit late). Zachary was happy to see the cookies gone the next morning – though his prediction was wrong. The night before I asked him, “Do you think Santa will eat the cookies we leave for him?” to which he replied, “I think  he’s just going to eat one of them and tell us to eat the rest.” Nice try, kid.

I’m happy to report that I have about 1/3 of a batch of these in my freezer at the moment, and these will be making a reappearance very soon.

Chewy Sugar Cookies

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12 thoughts on “Chewy Sugar Cookies

  1. These are my husband’s favorite cookies! I absolutely love them too…the cream cheese threw me for a loop, but like you said, with the oil, they make for a really chewy cookie. Glad you liked them too!

  2. All my brother ever asks for for Christmas is sugar cookies because he loves all things plain and vanilla so much. These sound like the perfect cookie for me to make him next year! (Not that they’re plain, but you know what I mean.)

  3. Sugar cookies are my favorite type of cookie – if they’re an option, I always go for them first 🙂 These look perfect! And your little helper is so cute!

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