Little Gentle Cookies (a.k.a. Suger Cookies)

Name: Little Gentle Cookies (a.k.a. Suger Cookies)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: 1 c confectioners' sugar; 1 c sugar; 1 c butter flavor shortening; 1 c oil; 2 eggs; 1 tsp cream of tartar; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 4 1/4 c all purpose flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Little Gentle Cookies (a.k.a. Suger Cookies) Recipe

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By Susan Hamilton
@Slhesh

This recipe has been a staple in my family for a long time. I'm considered the cookie baker in our family and the family is willing to be guinea pigs. One of my nephews renamed these tasty and simple sugar cookies "little gentle cookies" when he was a little boy.

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote5

Serves:

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

10 Min

Ingredients

1 c

confectioners' sugar
1 c

sugar
1 c

butter flavor shortening
1 c

oil
2

eggs
1 tsp

cream of tartar
1 tsp

baking soda
1 tsp

salt
4 1/4 c

all purpose flour
1 tsp

vanilla extract
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How to Make Little Gentle Cookies (a.k.a. Suger Cookies)

Step-by-Step

Mix sugars, butter flavor shortening, oil and eggs together.
Add dry ingredients and vanilla.
Refrigerate until firm (about 1 hour).
Roll dough into balls and glatten with a glass that has been dipped in sugar. Cookies will spread while bakeing, so don't make dough balls to large.
Bake at 350 degrees for approximatley 8 minutes or until edges are slightly brown.
Cool slightly in cookie sheet and then remove to rack to cool completely.