sugar cookies
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This is our family's favorite sugar cookie recipe. It comes from a very old cookbook, the "Household Searchlight".... The difference with these is the sour milk and nutmeg...
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
2 Hr
cook time
10 Min
Ingredients For sugar cookies
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3/4 cshortening
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2 csugar
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2eggs , well beaten
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4 cflour
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1/4 tspbaking soda
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1 tspnutmeg
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1/4 tspsalt
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1/2 cmilk
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1 tspvinegar
How To Make sugar cookies
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1cream together shortening and sugar.
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2Add beaten eggs and beat by hand with wooden spoon.
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3Sift together remaining dry ingredients.
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4Add Vinegar to the milk.
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5Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with sour milk mixing thoroughly with each addition.
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6If wanting to use for cut-out cookies chill dough for 2 hours or more. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Then use flour lightly on surface and rolling pin. Roll out 1/8th to 1/4 inch thick. flour cutters and cut cookies. Place on greased cookie sheet, top with sugar etc. if not planning to frost. Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 3 75 degrees, until set and dough does not allow a finger imprint when lightly touched. Watch closely so they don't burn. Remove from pan to cool on rack
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7When making into drop cookies first preheat oven to 375 degrees,and then drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet allowing room for spreading dough.Top with sugar, etc. if not planning to frost. Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove from pan and cool on cooling rack .
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8Frost and decorate if desired and store in airtight container.
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