Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
From taylorsue82 16 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 5
My grandma's sugar cookie recipe, that she made for years.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter shopping list
- 3/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1 tablespoon milk shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- extra sugar to sprinkle on top of cookies shopping list
How to make it
- Cream together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat thoroughly. Add in milk and stir together.
- Sift flour baking powder and salt together and add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfulls onto a buttered cookie sheet place about 1" apart. Sprinkle tops with sugar. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes. (I usually under bake these as I like a softer cookie)
- Variations
- Butterscotch
- use brown sugar instead of white, melt butter and add sugar, can also add 1/4 cup chooped nuts.
- Spiced
- Add 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg to d ry ingredients.
- Chocolate
- Before adding flour add 1/3 cup cocoa to flour mixute. Bake at 325 . Frost with chocolate icing.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
I love sugar cookies, thanks ;)
hayleesgrandma
in Waldron loved it
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This looks like it might be the one my Grandmother used too....I only watched her, never asked for the recipe. Thanks again!
redkitchen
in Murfreesboro loved it
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Hmmm, guess I will have to make these and yes, take some pics. JJ
thegoldminer
in Sacramento loved it
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