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Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies |
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Serves: 30 The recipe below is complete except for the ingredient amounts (_). Since the recipes offered at DVO.com are brand name recipes, our publisher partners require us to account for each recipe distributed. To get the entire recipe click Request Recipe below. This is the best Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies recipe on the web!!Yield: 2 1/2 dozen cookies These cookies rate number-one with my kids. It's a tradition in our house to make these every Christmas. They usually don't last very long. JAR INGREDIENTS _ cups all-purpose flour _ 1/2 cups sugar _ teaspoon baking powder _ teaspoon baking soda ___ teaspoon salt ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS _ cup butter, softened _ eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ___ teaspoon lemon extract GIFT TAG for _Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies ..........Click the Edit tab and select this entry to open the tag. 1. Place all of the jar ingredients in a medium-sized bowl, and stir until well combined. Set aside. 2. Place the butter, eggs, and vanilla and lemon extracts in a large bowl, and cream with an electric mixer set on low speed or with a fork. 3. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, and blend with a mixer set on low speed or with a spoon until well combined. Cover the dough and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. 4. Preheat the oven to 350°F. 5. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters and arrange on an ungreased baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart to allow for spreading. 6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet. Then transfer to wire racks and cool completely. 7. Serve immediately, or store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. CREATING THE JAR 1. Wash and thoroughly dry a 1-quart wide-mouth canning jar. 2. Layer the ingredients in the jar as shown below, pressing firmly with a flat-bottomed object, such as a tart tamper or the bottom of a narrow glass, after each addition. Make the layers as level as possible. TOP of the jar 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 cups all-purpose flour BOTTOM of the jar 3. Secure the lid, and decorate as desired (see The Basics: 06-Creating the Jars; DECORATING THE JAR). Attach the instructions for making the cookies found in the Gift Jar Tags chapter. From "The Mason Jar Cookie Cookbook." Copyright 2002 by Lonnette Parks. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies Brown and White Crispies Brown Sugar Nut Cookies Butterscotch Chip Cookies Chocolate Chewbaccas Chocolate-Covered Raisin Cookies Coconut Raisin Cookies Corn Flake Cookies Country Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Cowboy Cookies Cranberry Cream Drops Crunchy Chunky Cookies Death By Chocolate Cookies Dreamsicle Cookies Gingerbread Cookies GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts) Cookies Jelly Bean Gems Lemon Thyme Cookies Million Bucks Cookies Mocha Rum Balls Monster Cookies Oatmeal Fruit Cookies Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies Orange Burst Cookies Orange Slice Cookies Paradise Cookies Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookies Peanut Butter Cookies Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Pecan Chocolate Cookies Pecan Cookies Potato Chip Cookies Rainbow Kids Cookies Snickerdoodles Snow Balls Trail Mix Cookies Ultimate Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies |
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