crisp sugar cookies
I have been making these cookies since the 70’s. These were one of my Dad’s favorite cookies. You can make them with plain sugar or use any colored sugar you like. For easier handling of forming the ball, I grease my hands a little, or chill the dough for 30 minutes. I have always flattened the cookie, never rolled it in the sugar because it can burn too easily.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
yield
makes approx. 3.5 dozen
Ingredients
- - 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- - 1 cup crisco
- - 2 eggs
- - 3 tablespoons milk
- - 1 tablespoon vanilla
- - 3 cups all-purpose flour
- - ½ teaspoon baking soda
- - ½ teaspoon salt
- - extra sugar for tops of cookies
How To Make crisp sugar cookies
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Step 1Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Step 2Put about ½ cup of granulated sugar in a small bowl; Set aside. Note: If you are going to color the sugar for the cookies, add the sugar to bowls and add a little food coloring to the sugar and mix with a fork until well blended.
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Step 3Grease the FLAT bottom of a glass with Crisco, and set it in the bowl of sugar. (If using colored sugar, grease a glass for each bowl).
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Step 4In a large mixer bowl, cream Crisco and sugar until fluffy
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Step 5Beat in eggs, milk, and vanilla.
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Step 6Stir in the flour, baking soda and salt; Mix until combined.
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Step 7Roll dough into golf ball size balls and place onto a parchment lined cookie sheets.
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Step 8Dip the greased bottom of the glass into the sugar, and SLIGHTLY tap the cookie to flatten and coat with sugar. Do this for every single cookie. (You may need to re-grease the glass a time or two as you go along)
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Step 9Bake 7-8 minutes. Do not over bake.
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Step 10Remove cookies from sheet and cool on a cookie rack. Store cookies in an air tight container.
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