Sugar Cookie 2009

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cold butter
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs, large yolks only
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• decorating red and green sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 300 degrees.
• 2 line flat no sided cookie sheets with parchment.
• 3 cream butter and crisco until mixed only about 40 seconds
• 4 add in the sugar just til blended.
• 5 add in the soda, and salt, and cream of tartar.
• 6 add in the vanilla.
• 7 add in the yolks.
• 8 add in the flour, and just blend until a dough comes together.
• 9 roll into balls a little bigger than a hazel nut, but smaller than a walnut.
• 10 roll into coloured sugar.
• 11 place onto parchment two inches apart.
• 12 bake 12 to 14 minutes.
• 13 the 12 minutes mark seems to be the one everyone here has good results with.
• 14 dont let cookies brown on edges, but golden light bottoms.
• 15 they are still puffy looking when taken from the oven.