I love cookies and honestly I haven’t met one cookie that I didn’t like, except Oreos – I just don’t get it. Like most of the foods I love, my obsession for cookies is somehow tied to childhood. When I was a kid, I hung out with my mom all the time, and one of our rituals was going to the Citadel Mall in Charleston, SC every month. I grew up in a small town so going to the mall involved driving for an hour and a half. So anyway, every time we went I got a sugar cookie from the Great American Cookie Company – needless to say cookies and I go way back. So it just makes sense for me to start posting stuff about cookies – starting with a classic sugar cookie recipe.
So I forgot to mention that this past summer I went gluten free for about 3 months for a bunch of boring reasons. Since then I’ve been kind of on and off with it and I’m basically only gluten free when it’s convenient – and it’s never convenient. Since the new year I’ve sort of recommitted to – at the very least – eating less gluten. So I thought, why not make my first cookie recipe post a gluten free one. I wish I could take full credit for this recipe, but I can’t. Much of the credit belongs to the sugar cookie recipe on the back of Target brand sugar, which just happened to be delicious. Let’s get into it.
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Then combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a small bowl – set this aside for now.
In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter together until it’s creamy. Then add the egg and vanilla, continue to mix until it’s fluffy.
Pour your dry ingredients into your sugar/butter mixture and mix until well combined.
Roll cookie dough into small balls – about 1 inch. If you want a flatter cookie you can press the balls out on your cookie sheet, but if you prefer a more mounded style cookie let the oven do the flattening.
Bake 8 -10 minutes, you want the edges to be golden. Cool cookies for a few minutes and enjoy!