old fashioned soft sugar cookies

Name: Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 c sugar; 1 c shortening; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 eggs, lightly beaten, plus milk to make 2 c.; 1 tsp soda in 1/2 c milk; 2 tsp baking powder; 6 c flour

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Sandy Alley

Appleton, WA

Updated on Jun 10, 2023

Recipe from BFF Brenda Groves, Dec. 1987 when we were all at Ft. Carson, CO.

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

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Ingredients

2 c sugar
1 c shortening
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs, lightly beaten, plus milk to make 2 c.
1 tsp soda in 1/2 c milk
2 tsp baking powder
6 c flour

How To Make old fashioned soft sugar cookies

Step 1

Cream together shortening, sugar, salt, nutmeg and vanilla.

Step 2

Add liquid (1-1/2 c total) and stir well.
Step 3

Sift flour and baking powder, add and mix well.
Step 4

Roll out dough, half at a time, and cut with large cookie cutters. Top each cookie with several raisins or sprinkle with sugar.
Step 5

Bake at 350* F for 10 minutes.
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