Sugar Cookies are a plain looking cookie with a lot of flavor. They are crisp and delicate and a classic cookie. They have sugar in them, but are not overly sweet. If you want a cookie that has basic ingredients that you already have in your pantry, try making these.
Yields 60 cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
1/2 cut shortening
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt
3 egg yolks
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
Here's how:
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Combine the butter and shortening in the bowl of a mixer. Mix for 30 seconds.
Add the sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Beat until well combined.
Beat in egg yolks and vanilla until full incorporated. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
Stir in the flour.
Shape the dough into 1 inch balls. You can use a 1 inch cookie scoop or your hands to do this.
Place them 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper.
Bake for 16-18 minutes until the bottom of very light brown.
Cool on a wire cookie rack.
Yields 60 cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
1/2 cut shortening
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt
3 egg yolks
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
Here's how:
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Combine the butter and shortening in the bowl of a mixer. Mix for 30 seconds.
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| Shortening and butter in the bowl |
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| Butter and shortening mixed |
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| Sugar, cream of tartar and salt in |
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| Sugar, cream of tartar salt mixed |
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| Flour in |
Place them 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper.
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| Ready for the oven |
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| Done and ready for eating |
Cool on a wire cookie rack.
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