- 2 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1 1⁄2 cups Sugar
- 1 egg (large)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Classic sugar cookies require a simple foundation of flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and a leavening agent, originating historically from 18th-century German Protestant settlers in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.