Grandma Shirleys Sugar Cookies Food

GRANDMA SHEETS' SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together the sugar, shortening, baking powder and ground nutmeg. Beat the eggs and add to mixture. Combine the milk and baking soda and pour into mixture. Add the flour. You can start out with a good mixer at first but you'll need to switch to hand-mixing when dough gets too thick, adding enough flour so the dough is not too sticky and you can roll it out to about 1/4 inch or so.
• Flour counter and rolling pin and top of dough. If it is very humid where you live it may help to refrigerate dough 15 minutes or so and you can also refrigerate the portion of the dough that you're not presently working with. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch. Cut out with any cookie cutter and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for about 8 minutes, or until ever so lightly browned around edges or on bottom. Remove from sheets and cool on flattened grocery bags or wire racks.

GRANDMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the sugar, butter, vanilla and salt. Add eggs and mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture. Chill until firm, about 1 hour., On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut shapes with cookie cutters; place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-12 minutes (depending on size) or until light golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Tint with food coloring. Decorate cookies as desired.

GRANDMA'S SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat together eggs, oil, vanilla and sugar; add flour, baking powder and salt and mix well.
• Drop by heaping teaspoon approx 3" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Flatten with bottom of glass moistened with water and dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 400°F for 6-10 minutes or just until lightly golden.

MAMA SHIRLEY'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream first 4 ingredients together.
• Add eggs and vanilla to blended mixture.
• Add blended dry ingredients mixture.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

GRANDMA SHIRLEY'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Let margarine come to room temperature. Mix in sugar until creamy. In a separate bowl mix beaten eggs, vanilla and milk. Add egg mixture to sugar and mix until smooth. Measure 3 cups flour and sift. After sifted, remeasure 3 cups flour, add baking powder and salt then sift all ingredients. Add dry ingredients to sugar mixture and mix until blended. Dough should be firm. Place dough into a foil covered bowl overnight. Roll dough to ¼ inch thick; cut out in your choice of shapes. Bake on greased cookie sheet in 350 degree oven for 8 minutes. When cookies are cooled, ice with Betty Crocker icing colored red and green. Sprinkle with colored sugar and sprinkles.

GRANDMA'S CLASSIC SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and light; this should take about 5 minutes with an electric mixer, or 10 minutes by hand. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and mix well.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture alternately to the butter and sugar mixture with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Cover the dough tightly with plastic wrap and foil and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight. (If the dough is chilled overnight, let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before rolling out so that task is easier.)
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough using a floured rolling pin to about 1/4" thickness. Cut with cookie cutters.
• Or you can roll the dough into 1" balls, place on cookie sheets and flatten with the bottom of a water glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake the cookies on ungreased cookie sheets for 7 to 10 minutes until they are very ​lightly golden brown around the edges. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for about a minute, then remove to wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

GRANDMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream the brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and the shortening. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Alternate adding the buttermilk with the dry ingredients.
• Roll dough into walnut sized balls and roll the balls in colored sugar if desired. Place them 2 inches apart on an unprepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove to cool on wire racks.

GRANDMA MYRT'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and shortening.
• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Mix together eggs, milk, and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients and liquid ingredients alternately to creamed sugar/shortening mixture.
• Chill for one hour.
• Cut into rounds or shapes.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven until golden.
• Approximately 12 minutes.

GRANDMA DOROTHY'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, oil and sugars.
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl stir dry ingredients together and then mix into wet ingredients,.
• Chill at least 4 hours, better if chilled over night.
• Roll out very thinly (1/4") and cut with cookie cutters. Use powdered sugar instead of flour for rolling to avoid a burnt flour taste on cookies.
• Bake at 350 for 8-10 minute or until browned.
• Parchment paper recommended for baking.
• Prep time doesn't include chilling.