Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe (2024)

The best Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe makes soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookies! Made with simple ingredients, these irresistible sugar cookies have a delicious flavor and perfect texture.

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These Chewy Sugar Cookies will soon top your list of favorite sugar cookies! They’re soft and chewy with golden-brown edges. The quintessential sugar cookie! You’ll be grabbing one as soon as they’re out of the oven.

These Chewy Sugar Cookies are bursting with buttery, vanilla flavor. They’re ideal for your holiday cookie exchange. Your friends will be begging for the recipe. If you would rather keep them to yourself, serve them with a nice warm cup of hot cocoa and a scoop of ice cream for the sweetest treat.

These Chewy Sugar Cookies are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and will keep you coming back for more! And best of all, they're super simple to make containing only 8 ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry! These Chewy Sugar Cookies are the sugar cookies you’ll be daydreaming about.

Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe Ingredients

• Flour - all-purpose flour
• Cornstarch
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Sugar - granulated sugar
• Butter - unsalted butter
• Egg - large egg
• Vanilla extract

When making your Chewy Sugar Cookies, you want to make sure that you’re using high-quality ingredients. Yes, they’re common ingredients and it’s a simple recipe, but your cookies will come out even better when using top-notch ingredients.

To make sure that your Chewy Sugar Cookies set up perfectly, you want to make sure that your butter it’s the perfect temperature. You don’t want it to be too soft so that your finger goes right down when pressing on it, but you also don’t want it too cold that it barely makes a mark. You also don’t want to over-mix your dough. Overmixing can cause your cookies to be too tough.

When you take your Chewy Sugar Cookies out of the oven, they may look underbaked, but they will finish baking as they cool on your baking sheet. Overbaked cookies will be dry and crumbly. It’s better to err on the side of underbaking to get the best sugar cookies!

How to Make Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe

FIRST STEP: In a medium bowl, stir together the all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

SECOND STEP: In a small bowl, add ¼ cup granulated sugar. Set aside.

THIRD STEP: In a large mixing bowl, beat together, on medium-low speed, the unsalted butter, and the remaining 1½ cups of granulated sugar for 1 minute. Add the large egg and vanilla extract and continue to beat for an additional 1 minute or until light and fluffy.

FIFTH STEP: Scoop out the chewy sugar cookie dough using a 1 ½ tablespoon (1 ½ inch) cookie scoop and roll each dough ball into the reserved bowl of granulated sugar. Place the sugar-coated dough balls onto a tray. Repeat until all the cookies are scooped and coated in granulated sugar.

FOURTH STEP: Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, on low speed, just until all the flour has been incorporated. Make sure to scrape down the sides of your bowl as needed.

SIXTH STEP: Cover the tray of chewy sugar cookie dough balls with a piece of plastic wrap and refrigerate your dough for 1 hour. This allows the butter to firm up, so your cookies do not spread too much. You can skip the chilling step, but your cookies will be a bit flatter when baked.

SEVENTH STEP: Preheat oven to 350* F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.

EIGHTH STEP: Place 8 chilled cookie dough balls onto the prepared baking tray and bake for 11 to 12 minutes or just until lightly golden at the edges.

NINTH STEP: Allow the cookies to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely on the counter.

TENTH STEP: Repeat steps 7 & 8 until all the chewy sugar cookies have been baked.

How long will my cookies stay soft?

Thanks to the cornstarch in the cookies and the lower baking time, if stored properly these cookies will remain soft for at least 5 days.

Why are my cookies flat?

Your Chewy Sugar Cookies may be flat for a couple of reasons. The first is that perhaps the butter you used was too soft. Second, the dough may not have been chilled long enough. Chilling your dough helps prevent your cookies from spreading too much.

Can these cookies be frozen?

Absolutely! When freezing your baked cookies, make sure they are cooled completely before placing them in an airtight container. The frozen cookies can be stored for up to 3 months. Make sure to defrost your cookies at room temperature before serving.

How to Store Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe

IN THE FRIDGE: Chewy Sugar Cookies do not need to be refrigerated. They can be stored in an airtight container on the counter for up to 5 days.

IN THE FREEZER: Chewy Sugar Cookie dough can be made in advance and stored in the freezer in an airtight container for up to 2 months.