Grandma's Sugar Cookie Recipe
By Bob Sherman
I
would like to share my all time favorite cookie recipe with you. I am not
sure of the original source of this recipe, but from what I understand my
Grandmother made these during most of her life so it likely dates back 100
years or so. At any rate, I grew up with these and have fond memories of cookie
day with my mom as a child when we would make these all day long.
I now make these myself and even use some of my grandmother's cookie cutters and cookie jar.
Recipe
- 3/8 cup butter (room temperature)
- 3/8 cup soft shortening (I use butter flavor Crisco®, but this recipe predates that so regular shortening may be used)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract (I prefer the imitation vanilla extract for these)
- 2 1/2 cups flour (all purpose)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Wet mix - Cream together the butter, shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Dry mix - Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
While blending add the dry mix to the wet mix a little at a time until fully blended.
Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. This will make it easier to roll out.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thick.
Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and transfer them to an un greased cookie sheet.
Decorate as desired.
Bake until edges are lightly browned (6 -8 minutes).
Allow to sit on the sheet for 1 minute after removing from the oven, then use a spatula to transfer to cooling racks. Note: we never had cooling racks and used to place these atop bath towels spread out on a table to cool. So if you don't have cooling racks try that.
Hints And Tips
Always bake these one sheet at a time.
Always allow the cookie sheets to cool before placing more cookies on it.
Decorating Ideas
Edible
glitter makes a great topping.
Non-Pareils look great on these as well.
Chocolate
sprinkles are a personal favorite.
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Disclaimer: The information presented here is accurate to the best of my knowledge and common chocolate making practices as of the time of this writing - originally published in December 2007 and updated in November 2010. The author and the publisher accept no liability for the use or misuse of any of the information presented in this article. This article is presented for informational purposes and is used at your own risk.
Author: Bob Sherman
Publisher: Bobby's Craft Boutique Inc.
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