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
Yield: 48
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) confectioners' sugar; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) butter flavor shortening; 1 cup(s) oil; 2 - eggs; 1 teaspoon(s) cream of tartar; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 4 1/4 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

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Susan Hamilton

Fulton, MO

Updated on Feb 4, 2012

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.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 10 Min

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yield 48 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter flavor shortening
1 cup oil
2 - eggs
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make little gentle cookies (a.k.a. suger cookies)

Step 1

Mix sugars, butter flavor shortening, oil and eggs together.

Step 2

Add dry ingredients and vanilla.
Step 3

Refrigerate until firm (about 1 hour).
Step 4

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.
Step 5

Bake at 350 degrees for approximatley 8 minutes or until edges are slightly brown.
Step 6

Cool slightly in cookie sheet and then remove to rack to cool completely.
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