 Hey everyone, welcome back to Six Sister Stuff. Today we're gonna make something a little different. We're making super soft sugar cookies. So my name is Kristen. And I'm Kendra. And first of all, I'm so happy to have other sisters with me on the YouTube channel. So this is going to be happening every week now. We'll have sisters join in on the videos. We're gonna guest star. I know. So usually I share instant pot recipes, but we've changed this up a little bit and we're gonna start sharing other recipes other than instant pot. All the things. All the things. All the family favorites. So we actually have a website called SixSisterStuff.com and we have many thousands of recipes there. So we like simple, easy recipes kind of to make everyone's lives a little bit easier. And we are all moms, we all have kids and so we know how busy and crazy life can get. And so we're all about quick, efficient, but also we like it delicious. So that's what we're all about, you know, Six Sisters. The most important thing. I need to taste good. All right, so today we're gonna make super soft sugar cookies. Now this actually is one of the most popular recipes on our site because it tastes so good. And you can make them all year round, any holidays, any cookie cutter shape, all year round cookie. Nine. It's like a chocolate chip cookie, but better. Yeah. I could eat them all year round. Awesome. Okay, you wanna get started? Yeah. So we're gonna start with our butter and you need three-fourths cup of softened butter. I hope you hear. Now, I always, so I don't take my butter out until like last minute from the fridge and it's always hard and the consistency is bad. That great. So my trick I found when I'm trying to soften my butter is all, if I don't take it out ahead of time, I cut it up into little tablespoon marks and then microwave it for seven second intervals, stir it and then we'll just slowly soften with each seven second interval. And it gets to this consistency. So if you're like me and you're like a last minute cooker or baker, I guess we're baking today. Yes. So that's how you do it. I love it. I love it. So we've got our butter and then we're gonna add our two eggs. Do you wanna crack the eggs? Yes ma'am. And then two. I'll get shells in this. Oh. Two eggs. We're also going to add our sugar. Okay. Our mom is, she's hardcore in the kitchen and she is dedicated to a wooden spoon. But I'm just not as strong as her so I always do the electric hand mixer so you can make this in a KitchenAid, a Bosch or with a hand mixer or go let's go with the wooden spoon. There we go. Do you care if I mix this up? Go for it. Awesome. Woo. All right. So what's the texture you want? So it's okay if it has a few little butter lumps in it. You're not gonna get them all out. You'll get those out when you add the flour. Oh, okay, okay. So you just want it kind of creamy, kind of frothy. It's looking good. Nice. But if it's not all the way smooth, don't stress it because it will, it'll work its way out when you add the flour. Awesome. So just keep stirring. You can do this for about like a minute. Okay. 30 seconds or so. You're telling me I'm gonna stop. That looks good. Okay, we're gonna stop. Okay, so now we're going to add our flour. Okay, how much flour do you have here? This is two and a half cups of flour. Two and a half. And then do you want to mix that in? Yes. And then while you're mixing that in, we have some salt. Okay, just one and a half teaspoon, yep. Awesome. I just don't want it to like, flour explode. So we're gonna kind of mix it a little bit. We're gonna kind of mix your little bit. Exactly. Flour confetti. All right. Okay, and then we're gonna add the vanilla too. There we go. And the vanilla is three teaspoons of vanilla. Okay, when I first saw that, I'm like, oh, that's a lot. But I think that's what gives it that vanilla taste to it. It's so yummy. So I'm just gonna add three teaspoons of vanilla. And this is vanilla extract, not pure vanilla. What do you use? Pure vanilla or vanilla extract? You know, it kind of depends on whatever I feel like at the store. I switched it off. Whatever's on sale. I know some of you have said, no, you need to use just pure vanilla, but I'm curious, what are your opinions? Vanilla extract, pure vanilla. Do I need to switch? Because I'm on the vanilla extract chain. I am too. And I'm taking it back. I am. Okay, little too down there. Okay, so I'm gonna add our baking powder. Okay. And this is two teaspoons. Okay, mixer all up. Okay, I go. Go for it. Oh, it's not as strong as it was. I don't know how she does it with the wooden spoon. I really don't know. All right, how's that looking? That's looking good. All right. Okay, and then the secret part to this recipe is to refrigerate your cookie dough. Ah, okay, okay. So we're gonna take this off, we'll clear out these, and then we'll stick in the refrigerator for how long? About an hour, or you could do the freezer for like 20, 25 minutes, but the fridge, we're all about the fridge. Okay, deal. Okay, so our dough has been refrigerated. Yes, I mean, look at that texture. I know, I love it. That's good texture. Exactly. So I just kind of put it in a little ball, and then we're gonna flatten it out, but first you gotta flour your surface so it doesn't stick to anything. I remember mom doing this when we were little. I know. It was like my favorite thing. I know. I loved it. Our mom was always cook sugar cookies, whether it was, we always had them at Halloween, at Christmas time, at Valentine's, Easter, decorating eggs for us, saying like that. Oh my gosh, I remember. And they made the best after school snack. There's no better scent coming home to than like fresh words, sugar cookies. Right, you open the door and you're like, yes. Oh my gosh, my favorite. All right. Okay, so I'm just gonna put a little flour on this too, just to keep it from sticking. Do you wanna roll her out? Sure. Okay, okay, roll her on out. All right, so we're gonna roll it. Roll it. Roll it, roll it. Okay, so my question is, how thick do you want these cookies? Depends, how thick do you want them? I like mine just right. I don't like them like thin, crisp little chips. Yes. But I don't want them like too thick. For a thick. Too much dry. Okay, what about this? Is this okay? So that's good, like what would you say? Half a centimeter? Sure, sure. It's not gonna be a thin crisp. That's the most important. And they'll puff up a little when you bake them too. Okay, so we're just gonna cut these into, we're using circles, but again, you can use any shape for any holiday, any reason, any bridal shower, wedding shower, baby shower, all the things. Sister reminds me of like, Halloween sugar cookies. Christmas. Yeah, you can tell we're sisters. And then we have a love for Christmas. Okay. Nice, take it there. Put them on, and then we'll roll this out and do a few more. We could probably make like three more cookies out of this. All right, so while you roll it out, I'm gonna tell you guys a little bit about one of our cookbooks. Now, of course, you know me for like the Instant Pot, but on the other end, on our blog end, we actually have, I mean, lots of recipes, but we also have seven published cookbooks out. And this one is one of my favorites because obviously, it's Christmas, yes. 12 days of Christmas from Six Sisters Stuff, and it has tons of Christmas recipes. Now, this recipe that we're making, it's actually in the book, and it's just one of our favorites. So it has all kinds of recipes, and just to show you some, like all kinds of cookie recipes. We have a Christmas morning breakfast ideas. Christmas dinner, we have hands. I forgot. Sand dishes, drinks. I mean, all kinds of delicious things. Oh, we also have some pretty fun crafts, too, which are so funny, just for things to do when kids are out of school and they're kind of driving you crazy. Just give them some fun ideas. We also have all of our favorite family holiday traditions in that book, and we have a lot of family traditions. Especially around Christmas. Especially after Halloween, it's like tradition time. We have so much going on, and it's all in that book. So if you need new family tradition ideas, check out the book because, have you told them about crazy dinner yet? Not yet. It's our favorite family tradition, and I think your family's gonna love it, too. We'll put a link in the description for you guys so you can find the book there, and all of our other books, too. All right, how's the sugar cookies? Good. Good, we got Six on now. Usually when our mom makes sugar cookies, she will load the pan, like. But it's all shades, all different cookies. So we're just gonna do Six today, just to show you how to make it. So this is gonna go in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. But I wanna make sure you watch them, because if they're starting to brown on top, pull them out quick, because if they're brown on top, they're not gonna be good. Yeah, I'd start watching them at like eight minutes. Yeah, great idea. All right, all right. Okay, they're all done. Cookies are done. Okay, just wanna show you the bottom of them real quick. So they're not brown. This is how we like our sugar cookies, because that means they're super soft inside. Yep. And they are cooked through. Yes. So don't let them shoot you. You don't want doughy cookies. Okay, so now it's time for the fun part. We get to frost them. In the cookbook, we have a really cute idea. It's actually on the front cover. Let's see if you can see here. Little, cute sugar cookies. So you can do any type of color. Frosting or toppings. My personal favorite sugar cookie topping is M&M's. I don't know why the combination of chocolate and frosting and these cookies go so well. I don't know. What's yours? Don't say sprinkles. No, like I like a little bit of sprinkles, but not a ton. Yeah, sprinkles. I get that. Yeah, I think I like, okay, don't judge me here, like peanut butter and chocolate frosting and. I've never had peanut butter frosting on a cookie. Oh my gosh. It will change your life. Or Nutella. Yeah, I know. Next time, that's what we're making. Okay. Peanut butter frosting. Okay. So this is actually our mom's special sugar cookie frosting recipe and we're gonna put a link in the description. So we showed you how to make the cookies, but if you want to learn how to do the frosting, you can just go to that link and it'll be a lot easier to follow the written instructions. So, but we're making them fun and festive. So we're gonna add the white frosting with cute red sprinkles. Be careful if I sprinkle you up. Sprinkle. Oh, sorry. You're good. I'm gonna work on my frosting game. Yes, you do. I would never survive in a bakery. All right, you guys. So if you want more recipes like this, we have tons of Christmas recipes. You can find them on our website at SixSistersStuff.com. Hey, but you never told us your favorite toffee. You told us your favorite frosting and what's your favorite topping. It's because sugar, you just needed frosting and sugar cookies. That's the topping. Oh, I need something on it. I like to make them cute. Does that count? It counts. I'll take it. All right, so this is one of our favorite traditions, like Christmas traditions. So I'm curious what one of your favorite traditions are. All right guys, that is all we have for you today. We will see you next week. Bye.