Sugar Cookie Recipe

These sugar cookies recipes are delicious and so easy to make! You might want to double the recipe because they won't last!!

 

 
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Sugar Cookie Recipe

 

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. cream or milk
1 1/4 cups flour
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350�F.
Cream butter and sugar together until light. Add egg, vanilla and milk; beat thoroughly. Mix flour, salt and baking powder together. Add to creamed mixture and blend well.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet, about 1 in. apart. Bake 8 - 10 minutes, until golden.

 

Sugar Cookie Recipe

  2 1/4 cup of flour
1/2 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup of shortening - do not use butter or margarine
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 tbsp milk

Stir together dry ingredients.  cream shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.  Blend until smooth.  Make round balls of dough.  Place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Flatten with drinking glass, that has been dipped in water and white sugar.  Bake on centre rack at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.  Watch carefully as they brown easily.  When cooled, drizzle with icing, if desired.  Makes about 6 dozen cookies.