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Cream Sugar Cookies Recipe


Cream Sugar Cookies Recipe
These are the cookies Grandma Weed made for me every time she came to visit. These go under the Beat & Eat frosting!

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Ingredients
  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 lg egg
  • 4 tsp cream or half & half
  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions
  1. Thoroughly cream shortening, sugar, vanilla.
  2. Add egg; beat til light and fluffy.
  3. Stir in cream.
  4. Sift together dry ingredients; blend in creamed mixture.
  5. Divide dough in half. Chill 1 hour
  6. ~@~
  7. On lightly floured surface roll to 1/8 inch.
  8. Cut in desired shapes with cutters. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 375 about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool slightly remove from pan.
  9. Cool on rack. Decorate.
  10. ~~@~~
  11. To make these drop cookies, omit 1/2 cup flour. (Add 1 cup raisins or 1/2 cup broken nuts and 1/2 cup citron if you like) Drop from spoon onto cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes 4 dozen.

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Comments


So nice to make them with cream!


Loving your grandma's recipes, mornin - sure glad you kept them to share with us! You can't beat so many of those old recipes, for flavor and pure love!!


Very close to one I had years ago and misplaced, cannot wait to give these a try, mine called for sour cream.
thanks for sharing.


This one sounds close to the ones mymom baked and they were so good!I can't wait to try them!


This sounds very nice and a great addition to my collection!!


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