Old Fashioned...Sugar Cookies

I'm not sure why these cookies are called "old fashioned" sugar cookies other than they seem a bit old fashioned.  They are a rolled into a ball and rolled in sugar rather than rolled out and cut out with a cookie cutter.  Regardless, I do love them!

Usually, I roll them in colored sugar but I was out of it.  I could have used Sugar in the Raw which gives the cookies a golden hue!  Instead, I used Wilton White Sparkling Sugar.  I think the sheen makes them look particularly old fashioned!

These cookies literally melt in your mouth!  Just be careful not to over bake them.  If you do, they will be crispy wafers instead of soft cookies.

Honestly, whenever I hear the words "old fashioned" I think of the Frank Sinatra Christmas song "An Old Fashioned Christmas."  I know it's July, but there is such a thing as Christmas in July, so I think it's okay to use a Christmas song!

OLD FASHIONED SUGAR COOKIES
Adapted from a recipe in the Mary Engelbreit's Cookies Cookbook.

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder, aluminum free
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup coarse colored or white sugar or Sugar in the Raw

Preheat oven to 365 degrees.  Prepare baking sheets with silicone baking mats.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed until batter is light in color and fluffy.  Beat in egg, vanilla, baking powder, and salt.  Carefully beat the flour in until combined.

Put coarse sugar in a shallow dish.  Roll dough into 1-inch balls and roll each ball in coarse sugar until coated.  Place cookies on baking sheet 2 inches apart.  Using the bottom of a clean glass, flatten each dough ball.  If dough sticks to the bottom of the glass, put 1/4 cup powdered sugar in another shallow dish and dip the bottom of the glass in it between each cookie.

Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden on top.  Remove from oven and let cookies sit on baking sheet for two minutes.  Carefully remove each cookie to a wire rack.  These cookies are very fragile just out of the oven and will crack in half if the spatula isn't fully under the cookie.