grandma's angel cookies

How To Make grandma's angel cookies

• 1

  Preheat oven to 325 degrees Put 1/4 cup of white or colored sugar* onto a small plate or in a small bowl and set aside. *NOTE: Instead of using purchased colored sugar, a few drops of food coloring can be added to the sugar and mixed with a fork. While you're making the cookie dough, the sugar will dry out a bit. Just stir it with the fork and it should be ok for later use.
• 2

  CREAM brown sugar, white sugar and shortening (or butter) together until smooth
• 3

  ADD egg and vanilla, beating well
• 4

  SIFT together and add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar and add to the sugar mixture.
• 5

  MIX until well blended. NOTE: If dough is too dry, add milk - one tablespoon at a time until it softens just a bit.
• 6

  ROLL into one-inch balls ~ My Grandkids loved to start helping at this point ~ If you have little ones, they might too!
• 7

  PRESS gently into reserved portion of the sugar
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  PLACE onto ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart and BAKE 8 - 10 minutes
• 9

  COOL for about one minute on cookie sheet then transfer to cooling rack or wax paper. ~ You don't have to wait until they are completely cooled before eating them ~ ENJOY!
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