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Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Preserved from 75 Years of Caring and Sharing, printed page 228.
Cook Time5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: community cookbook recipe, sugar cookies, vintage dessert

Ingredients

  • 3 c. flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 c. shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ c. milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

  • Sift together flour, salt, soda, baking soda, and sugar. Cut in 1 cup shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Blend in eggs, milk, and vanilla. Roll out on floured board to ⅛ inch thick. Cut with cookie cutter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375° for about 5 minutes. Do not overbake!
  • Decorate with Decorator Icing: 1 lb. powdered sugar, sifted; ½ c. Crisco; ¼ c. milk; ¼ tsp. vanilla.

Notes

Source fidelity note: The printed ingredient list includes both 'soda' and 'baking soda' as separate 1 teaspoon entries. Both are preserved exactly as printed.
Source fidelity note: Decorator icing ingredients are printed in the method section rather than the main ingredient list.