not your mama's sugar cookie
Received this recipe from a friend 37 years ago. I have tweaked it a little, now it's my husband and son's favorite Christmas cookie.
method
Bake
Ingredients For not your mama's sugar cookie
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1 csugar
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1/2 cshortening
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1egg
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1/2 cmilk
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1 tspanise extract
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1 Tbspbaking powder
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1/2 tspsalt
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1 tsppure vanilla extract
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3 call purpose flour
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2 Tbspbutter, cold
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1/4 cmilk
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3 cpowdered sugar
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2 tspanise extract
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2 tsppure vanilla extract
How To Make not your mama's sugar cookie
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1Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Then cream together sugar and shortening til fluffy. Add egg, milk, vanilla, & anise. Set Aside
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2In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, & salt.
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3Add flour mixture to creamed mixture. Mix well.
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4Roll out to 1/4" thickness. Use cookie cutters and place on cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 7-8 min. Frost when cool.
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5For Frosting: Melt together the 2 T butter, & 1/4 C milk, then add the 3 C powdered sugar and 2 t.anise and 2 t. vanilla. Beat together til creamy. Frost cookies quickly and use colored sprinkles.
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