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Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies Recipe


Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies Recipe
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My grandma's sugar cookie recipe, that she made for years.

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Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 1/4 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • extra sugar to sprinkle on top of cookies

Directions
  1. Cream together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat thoroughly. Add in milk and stir together.
  2. 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)
  3. Variations
  4. Butterscotch
  5. use brown sugar instead of white, melt butter and add sugar, can also add 1/4 cup chooped nuts.
  6. Spiced
  7. Add 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg to d ry ingredients.
  8. Chocolate
  9. Before adding flour add 1/3 cup cocoa to flour mixute. Bake at 325 . Frost with chocolate icing.

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I love sugar cookies, thanks ;)


These cookies sound better than
'store-bought' ready-to-bake!!!
I will try this recipe soon!!!
Thanls...mjcmcook...


This looks like it might be the one my Grandmother used too....I only watched her, never asked for the recipe. Thanks again!


Hmmm, guess I will have to make these and yes, take some pics. JJ


Tasty thanks


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