Ann's best sugar cookies
7 dozen
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1½ | cup | Butter softened |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Vanilla extract |
| 4 | cups | All purpose flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cream of tartar |
| FROSTING OPTIONAL | ||
| 1½ | cup | Confectioners' sugar |
| 3 | tablespoons | Butter softened |
| 1 | tablespoon | Vanilla extract |
| 1 | tablespoon | Milk |
| Food coloring | ||
| Colored sugar | ||
Directions
In mixing bowl combine sugar and butter, beat until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Stir together dry ingredients ; gradually add to creamed mixture until completely blended. Chill for 30 minutes.
Form balls and roll in sugar and press down on greased cookie sheet.
OR
On a lightly floured surface roll dough to a ¼ inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters dipped in flour.
Bake 350 for 10-12 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
To frost: Combine sugar, butter, vanilla and milk, beat until creamy.
Thin with additional milk to desired spreading consistency in neccessary. Add a few drops of food coloring if desired. Spread over cookies and decorate with colored sugar.
Typed by Annette Johnsen for Cyberealm BBS Watertown, NY 315-786-1120