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What's your best homemade sugar cookie recipe? Do you use royal icing as in a glaze or more of a frosting? Icing/frosting recipes too!!

I am currently using the 5-star NYT recipe for sugar cookies. I'll paste it below.

INGREDIENTS
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
2½ cups/320 grams all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup/225 grams unsalted butter (2 sticks),
softened
¾ cup/150 grams granulated sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

PREPARATION
Step 1
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl, and whisk to combine. Set
aside.
Step 2
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter
and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add
egg and vanilla, and beat on medium speed until well combined, scraping the bowl as
needed.
Step 3
Add flour mixture and beat on low speed just until combined. Scrape the bowl and fold a
few times to make sure everything is well combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap,
flatten into a disk, and chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
Step 4
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out dough ¼-inch thick. Use 3-inch floured cutters to cut
out cookies, and transfer to two parchment- or silicone mat-lined baking sheets, spacing
the cookies about 1½ inches apart. Reroll scraps as needed, chilling as needed until firm
before rolling and cutting again. Freeze until very firm, about 10 minutes

Step 5
Bake until golden brown at the edges, 12 to 14 minutes.
Step 6
Let cool a few minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool
completely. Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2
weeks, or frozen up to 3 months.[/quote]

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