I am making home made sugar cookies and mine are like sweet short bread cookies what should ido to fix it.

Question

i added sugar milk butter an egg and flour. i dont have any baking power or soda. or any vanilla can i still make em like that. dont get me wrong they taste good but there arent cookies i would buy.

Answer 1

Dont overcook them really good sugar cookies have a gooey center, also add some sprinkles for color!

Answer 2

I made some lady fingers earlier today and the only ingredients in that recipe were eggs, sugar, flour, and lemon juice.  Mine were delicious.  If you would like that recipe let me know.  To answer your question, I don't think there really is a "fix" for the cookies the way made them...the ingredients that you are missing just happen to be very important. However, the recipe below might work, if you have the sherry.  If you don't, try to make it without...this recipe looks like it might work well for you!  Good Luck!

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon white sugar

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup milk  

2 tablespoons butter, softened

3/4 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2 eggs, beaten

2 tablespoons cream sherry

3/4 cup ground almonds

2 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor  

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup flour and 1 tablespoon sugar. Cut in 1/4 cup butter until smaller than peas. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of milk at a time over the dough until moistened. Form dough into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 2 1/2 inch circles using a cookie or biscuit cutter. Press circles into the bottom and up the sides of ungreased mini muffin cups. set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together 2 tablespoons butter, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon flour. Beat in the eggs and sherry, then stir in the ground almonds. Place 1/4 teaspoon of jam into the bottom of the lined cups. Cover with 1 tablespoon of the almond mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the tops are lightly browned. Allow to cool slightly before removing from muffin tins to cool on wire racks.