Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Recipe
- Title:
- Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
- Categories:
- Cookies
- Yield:
- 1 servings
Ingredients
- 3 1/4 c All-purpose flour
- 2 tb Milk
- 1 1/2 c Sugar
- 1 ts Vanilla extract
- 2/3 c Shortening
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 2
- Eggs
- 1
- Egg white*
- 2 1/2 ts Double-acting baking powder
Ingredients
TOPPING
- Finely chopped nuts or
- Granulated sugar
Directions
- * slightly beaten with 1 Tablespoon water
Directions
- Let your children pick out their favorite cookie cutters for these sweet sugar cookies.
Directions
- ln a large bowl, measure all ingredients except egg white and topping.
- With mixer at medium speed, beat until well mixed scraping sides of bowl.
- Mixture will be crumbly.
Directions
- Shape dough into ball and wrap with waxed paper; refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours until easy to handle.
Directions
- When ready to start baking, preheat oven to 400ø and lightly grease cookie sheets.
Directions
- On lightly floured surface, roll half of dough at a time, keeping rest refrigerated.
- For crisp cookies, roll dough paper- thin.
- For softer cookies roll out dough 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick.
Directions
- With floured cookie cutters, cut dough into various shapes Reroll dough trimmings and continue to cut shapes.
Directions
- Place cookies 1/2-inch apart on cookie sheets.
- To glaze, brush tops of cookies with the beaten egg white and water mixture Sprinkle cookies with finely chopped nuts or granulated sugar.
Directions
- Bake for 8 minutes at 400ø or until very light brown.
- Remove cookies to rack; cool completely.
Directions
- Yield: 5 dozen.
- Larry Rosenberg, author of Muffins & Cupcakes (published by The American Cooking Guild), Fairview, NJ.
Directions
- Randy Shearer
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