Chewy Sugar Cookies Recipe
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These are truly the world’s best chewy sugar cookies as far as my family and friends are concerned. They are soft, chewy, keep well, pretty as can be, and have a simple and pure flavor that keeps hands reaching for just one more.
Simply the Best Sugar Cookie
These are the cookies you want to make for parties, surprise gifts, and more. These chewy sugar cookies are the ones you want to fill your cookie jar with when the grandkids come over or the kids come home from school. These are the cookies you want to send back to college for your student to share with their dorm mates. These cookies are simply the best and as such they are worthy of the best people in your life. I strongly encourage you to print this recipe out (now), pin it, share it on Facebook, tuck it in your cookbook, and use it often!
To make these Chewy Sugar Cookies with sprinkles you’ll need:
- Brown sugar
- White sugar
- Clear corn syrup*
- Vanilla
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- All purpose flour
- Colored sugars for putting the sprinkles on
- Lemon Extract*
Take These Cookies to the Next Level
You’ll also need lemon extract if you really want to take these over the top! I add just a smidge but sometimes I forget it and they are still good so go with your preference.
Can I Substitute the Corn Syrup?
*I make this with corn syrup. If you’d like to substitute something for it, a lighter honey may be a good alternative. Try it and see what you think.
How To Make The Best Chew Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles Step by Step Pictorial
Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets. I just spray them with cooking spray.
Place butter, brown and white sugar, butter, corn syrup or light honey, vanilla, lemon extract (if using), baking powder, baking soda, salt, and egg in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until well blended. Add in flour and beat until well incorporated.
This is your dough, all ready to scoop out!
Mix different colors of sugar sprinkles together in a bowl. I like to mix blue, red, and yellow but you can use whatever you have. Use a cookie dough scoop to scoop out balls of dough and roll them in your sprinkles.
Place them about two inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake these for about ten minutes or until the edges just barely start to brown.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet and then remove and allow to cool completely. I usually just lay out some towels on my countertop and remove them to these to cool. Once cooled, store in an airtight container at room temp. But trust me, that container will be empty very soon!
Reach through your screen and grab one of these! If you can’t figure out how to do that, the next best thing is making a batch as soon as you can.
Get ready to experience your new favorite chewy sugar cookie!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter at room temp
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup light (clear) corn syrup or light colored honey
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract or flavoring optional
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3-4 colors decorating sugar for rolling dough in
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets. I just spray them with cooking spray.Place butter, brown and white sugar, butter, corn syrup, vanilla, lemon extract (if using), baking powder, baking soda, salt, and egg in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until well blended. Add in flour and beat until well incorporated.
- Pour a few tablespoons of each color of decorating sugar into shallow dish. Stir to combine colors. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls (a tablespoon cookie scoop works well here) into sugar, rolling the balls to coat them. Place on prepared baking sheets, about two inches apart.
- Bake cookies for ten minutes until the edges are just barely beginning to brown, they'll look soft. If you bake these cookies too long, they'll be crunchy rather than chewy.
- Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
We will pretty much always fulfill our own expectations of ourself. 
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I have everything I need to make these except sprinkles and was wondering if jimmies can be substituted?
Hey! I had a friend substitute jimmies recently and it did not end well. The cookies will still taste good but they end up kind of a blobby mess with melting jimmies I’m afraid.
Can’t find the share option to send this to a daughter who will LOVE these cookies. Am I missing it or did someone forget to add it?
Hey Dee! There are lots of different share options on the page. I have buttons, you can grab the link, share to Facebook, Pin it, etc. What do you usually use when do that? Let me know and I’ll look into adding it!
Hi, at the very top of the page, where it says southern plate. com there are three little dots to the right. Tap on those, a screen will come down, select “share” from there.
Approx how many cookies does this make..I didn’t see it anywhere.I may make them for a bridal shower…
It will make about 2 dozen.
I made these this past weekend with agave instead of corn syrup (it was all I had on hand) and they were delicious! Christy, your recipes and writing are my favorite!!
I am so glad you liked them Betsy and thank you for letting me know the substitution worked!!
I nanny my 2 grandsons so this is a sure bet to please them
I made these cookies last night. My oven was pre-heated to 375 degrees. My first batch were baked as directed for 10 minutes. They didn’t cook all the way through. My second batch (cooked for 10 minutes) came out perfect- soft, chewy and sugary!!!
I don’t know why all of my “first batch cookies” come out underdone and all subsequent batches (baked exactly like the first one) come out perfect?
The recipe produced 34 cookies for me.
Hi, I always let my oven heat up for about 20 minutes to make sure the temperature is right.
Probably the reason the second batch turned out better is because the oven had reached the proper temperature.
I love sugar cookies and these sound scrumptious! In fact, I am going to make them to send to my two college grandchildren this month.