i need help!

It sounds like you might have used self rising flour with other raising agents (baking soda and baking powder).. or that you might not have used the right about of butter.

It would help if you could post the exact recipe you used. I have one that I "perfected" at home. It's a mish-mosh of several different recipes. Unfortunately I don't have it memorized. Basically it's sugar, flour, baking soda/powder (can't remember which), salt and vanilla. My guess is that you have too much flour. You should add flour gradually until the dough becomes moldable. Remember, that as you roll you'll be adding a bit more flour (unless you do the "roll between plastic wrap" trick). In my experience with cookies (choc. chip especially), too much baking powder with not enough flour makes the cookies rise during baking but then flatten (too much) upon cooling. Too much flour or applesauce (sometimes used in lieu of oil) makes the cookies too cake-like. It takes just the right amount of flour and baking powder to create the perfect cookie.

Hello it sounds like you might have used to much Baking powder or baking soda. But I would not worry if the cookies tasted great. I prefer to have puffy sugar cookies then flat. Because this way you only have to eat about two cookies then instead of like 8 cookies if they were to be flat. Also like what a few of the others responders you might want to check to make sure you were not using self rise flour because this would make the cookies fluff up like balls. Happy Mylotting

My recipe calls for All purpose flour (not self-rising) with baking soda not powder. Sounds like it may have raised too much. Some cookies will do ok with self rising but not sugar cookies. But if they tasted good all is well! LOL Let them call them what they want! Better luck next time!