Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
These soft and chewy sugar cookies are made extra special with the lovely taste of natural vanilla beans.Sugar cookies to me are buttery sweetness at its best. It’s such a simple cookie, but the taste is extraordinary. It’s rich, buttery and oh so sweet! Elevate it with the flavor of vanilla bean and you’ve got yourself a spectacular treat.
This recipe starts with creaming some butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in an egg and the scrapings of a vanilla bean. Mix that all together. Then add in the flour, baking powder and salt, and mix until just combined. Roll the cookie dough in sugar, bake for about 10 minutes and you’ve got soft pillowy sugar cookies with lovely flecks of vanilla seeds.
These cookies are sweet and buttery with the delicate flavor of vanilla. The texture is soft and very chewy with a little crisp on the edges.
Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup (227g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 & 1/4 cups (250g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 & 1/4 cups (282g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 salt
- 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar, for rolling cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F and line 3 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream together butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.1 cup (227g) unsalted butter, 1 & 1/4 cups (250g) granulated sugar
- Mix in the egg and vanilla bean seeds until well combined.1 large egg, 1 vanilla bean
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until just combined.2 & 1/4 cups (282g) all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 salt
- Using a medium cookie scoop or tablespoon, roll out rounded cookie dough and coat in granulated sugar.1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar
- Place each cookie dough about 2 inches apart and flatten slightly if needed. See notes below
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges just start to brown.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Add A Pinch.
Hello! If we aren’t able to get a hold of vanilla bean pods, could we use vanilla bean paste instead? And if so, about how much would you recommend?
1 vanilla bean pod is about 2 teaspoons of vanilla bean paste. I hope that helps and enjoy the cookies!
My co-worker recently baked these for our meeting and I loved them so much I asked her for the recipe and she linked me to this blog. Thank you for sharing!
You’re very welcome and enjoy!
These cookies are so cool! I love that because they are chewy and sugary with the flavor of vanilla and look so easy to make!
Your recipes are absolutely wonderful! My coworkers are addicted to the chocolate chip muffins of yours that I bring in. I’m sure they’ll enjoy these too!
Just a quick note though. Check your step 3. It mentions baking soda, while the ingredient list lists baking powder. Just thought I’d let you know so people don’t get confused! I can’t wait to try more of your recipes!
Thank you for your kind words Krystina and for catching my typo. I’ve corrected my instructions to read baking powder. Thanks again and have a good night:)
I love using vanilla beans in baking – I just used one for my French toast. Vanilla is one of the best ingredients a baker can use.
I love cookies that are soft and chewy and these cookies are so pretty! What a wonderful company to work with. I’ve used so many of their products.
Vanilla and cookies is the best combination! So delicious and your cookies, almost, looks too good to eat! Happy FF! 🙂
Yum! I love a good sugar cookie!! These look yummmmmmmmy!
Thanks Kelly and nice to meet you:)
Nothing better to me than a good sugar cookie. Great recipe Lily 😉