Classic Vanilla Sugar Cookies
 
You’ll need two kinds of dough to create the marbling effect (see dough variations below the recipe). These ingredients make the Classic Vanilla dough. Each dough makes about 2 dozen rolled-out cookies.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup (198 g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large (57 g) egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3¼ cups (392 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons (12 g) baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon (2 g) fine sea salt
Instructions
  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 4-5 minutes.
  2. Add the egg and mix well to combine, 1-2 minutes more. Scrape down the bowl well, and beat in the vanilla.
  3. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and mix to combine.
  4. Divide the dough into two pieces and form into disks about 1 inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, 45 minutes-1 hour.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  6. You’ll need two kinds of dough to create the marbling effect (see variations, below). Take two colors of dough and break them up into random-size pieces, and smash them together. Knead the dough a few times to marble the two together—don’t over-knead! Keeping the marbling on a larger scale will make it easier to maintain the look when you roll and reroll the dough.
  7. Roll out the dough on a piece of parchment paper. Every few rolls, place another piece of parchment paper on top and use it to flip the dough over, then continue rolling. Repeat until the dough is about ¼ inch thick.
  8. Cut out the prettiest pieces of the dough with your favorite cookie cutter. Transfer to a baking sheet—the cookies won’t spread much and can be kept pretty close together.
  9. Re-knead the dough and form it into a disk and repeat the rolling process. You can do this as many times as it takes to get all the cookie dough used up.
  10. Bake the cookies until they are lightly golden around the edges, 9-11 minutes. Rotate the pans halfway through baking. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://staging.bakefromscratch.com/marbled-sugar-cookies/