grandma ade's soft sugar cookies
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This is a very old recipe dating back to the 1800's. My grandmother, aunts and my mother made these every year for Christmas to decorate with frosting and again for Valentine's Day. Now my sister and I and even my younger brother make them for our families. My father loved these cookies plain with 2 teaspoons of caraway seeds added to the recipe. They were one of the last things I made for him before he died. I love and miss you very much, Daddy.
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prep time
15 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
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yield
3 dozen cookies depending on how you cut them
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup sour milk (use whole milk with a tbls. of vinegar added)
- 4 large eggs beaten
- 5 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons caraway seeds (optional)
- 1 cup shortening
How To Make grandma ade's soft sugar cookies
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Step 1In a large bowl cream together sugar and shortening. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Then add sour milk.
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Step 2Sift together in a large mixing bowl all dry ingredients.
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Step 3Add vanilla to the creamed mixture and gradually add the flour mixture to this.
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Step 4At this point you can now use this dough to make drop cookies if you wish. I sprinkle them with colored sugar or cinnamon and sugar before I bake them. If you want shaped cookies refrigerate the dough covered for 2 hours. Then roll out on a floured surface to 1/3 inch thick. Do this in small batches as adding too much flour in this step will make the cookies tough and bland.
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Step 5Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes on a greased and floured cookie sheet. Cool and frost.
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