Chewy Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 2.75 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1.25 cups margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.25 cup white sugar for decoration

Steps

1. Stir flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Beat sugar and margarine together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.
2. Beat first egg into mixture. Beat second egg into mixture along with vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined.
3. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
5. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls; roll in 1/4 cup of sugar.
6. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned at the edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.