Homemade slice and bake sugar cookies

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Butter or margarine
2 cups Granulated sugar
3 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon Lemon extract
6 cups Unbleached flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda

Directions

Cut four 14" x 12" pieces of waxed paper or plastic wrap. Set aside.

In a bowl, cream butter or margarine with the sugar. Beat in vanilla and lemon extracts and eggs until light and fluffy. In a bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Stir flour mixture into egg and butter mixture; blend well.

Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Shape each piece into an 8" - 10" roll.

Wrap rolls in waxed paper. Place the rolls in a rectangular freezer container with a tight fitting lid, or into a large freezer zip-lock bag, or wrap well in a piece of heavy duty To prepare cookies: Slightly thaw one roll of sugar cookie dough. Preheat oven to 350ø. Cut the dough into ¼" thick slices. Arrange cut pieces on lightly greased cookie sheets, placing about ½" apart. Sprinkle with additional granulated sugar, i

Makes 4 rolls of cookie dough, or enough for about 12 dozen cookies.

Posted to EAT-L Digest - 19 Jun 96 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:41:37 -0600 From: Ilene Warfield <ilenewar@...> Recipe By : _Make-A-Mix_ by Eliason, Harward & Westover

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