Grandma Margarets Cut Out Cookies Recipes

GRANDMA'S CUTOUT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add first egg while continuing to beat, incorporating the egg fully before adding the second and beating fully into the mixture. Beat vanilla extract and almond extract into the mixture with the third egg.
• Stir flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to the wet mixture and beat just until the wet and dry combine into a cookie dough. Shape dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll dough out onto a flour-dusted surface and cut with cookie cutters. Arrange cut cookies onto baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven until beginning to brown around edges, 6 to 8 minutes.

GRANDMA'S CUT-OUT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixer on high, cream the butter, sugar, and eggs together.
• Turn mixer to low and add baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, vanilla, and milk until well combined.
• Slowly add in the flour a little at a time until well combined.
• Chill dough 1 to 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Sprinkle the counter with a light dusting of flour.
• Roll out a handful of dough until it is an eighth- to a quarter-inch thick. The thinner the dough, the crispier the cookies will be. If you like them to be chewy on the inside, roll the dough thicker.
• Cut out cookies in desired shapes. Use a spatula to help get them off the counter. The dough is easier to work with when it's cool, so if it gets really sticky, put it back in the fridge.
• Bake cookies for about 9-12 minutes or until cookies are lightly brown.
• When cooled, decorate the cookies with butter cream frosting and sprinkles.
• In a mixer on high, beat the butter until it's fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Beat in the powdered sugar, a little at a time.
• Add the almond extract.
• Add the half n' half a little at a time while still beating the frosting on high. Do this until desired fluffiness is achieved. It should look smooth and creamy with small peaks.
• Add food coloring of your choice.

GRANDMA'S CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, sour milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Roll out dough and cut with cookie cutters. Bake 10 minutes. Cool and frost or decorate.

GRANDMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Cream margarine and sugar. Add milk, egg, and vanilla and stir well. Add flour and baking powder. Chill. On well-floured board, roll out and cut into shapes. Put onto greased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar or decorate with sprinkles. Bake for 5 minutes. Cool on racks.

GRANDMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Cream margarine and sugar. Add milk, egg, and vanilla and stir well. Add flour and baking powder. Chill. On well-floured board, roll out and cut into shapes. Put onto greased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar or decorate with sprinkles. Bake for 5 minutes. Cool on racks.

GRANDMA'S FAVORITE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Place a raisin in the center of each cookie. , Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set and bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.

GRANDMA'S STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice concentrate and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 2 hours., On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a 3-in. star-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until edges are firm, 7-8 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool., For frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, orange juice concentrate, vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired. Frost cookies; decorate as desired.

GRANDMA AMICO'S BUTTERMILK SUGAR COOKIE CUTOUTS

Steps:

• Mix sugar, shortening, buttermilk, and egg together in the bowl of an electric stand mixer (such as KitchenAid®) until creamy.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl. Beat into sugar mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Leave dough to set in a refrigerator for at least 2 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured work surface using a lightly floured rolling pin to desired thickness. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms begin to lightly brown, 8 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool completely on wax paper or a wire rack, 15 to 30 minutes.
• Combine confectioners' sugar and milk in a bowl. Mix into a paste, adding more sugar or milk as needed. Spread frosting thinly onto cooled cookies and cover with sprinkles.

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.

GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS SUGAR CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Add shortening or margarine using a fork to combine with dry ingredients.
• Add unbeaten eggs and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Add ground pecans for added flavor. (This is how Grandma always mixed hers).
• Whisk the dry ingredients together, add alternately with the eggs and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Roll out thin on floured board and cut with floured cookie cutters.
• Decorate with sugar.
• Bake at 375°F for 8 minutes.
• Makes about 6 dozen.

GRANNY'S CUT OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Chill overnight.
• Roll out to about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. You'll need plenty of flour on the surface to keep the dough from sticking.
• Cut out cookies with your favorite cookie cutters.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 5-6 minutes.

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 MINNIE'S OLD FASHIONED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) .
• Over a large bowl, sift together all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, sugar. Cut in butter and blend with a pastry blender until mixture resembles cornmeal. Stir in lightly beaten egg, cream, and vanilla. Blend well. Dough may be chilled, if desired.
• On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Sprinkle with sugar; cut into desired shapes. Transfer to ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until delicately brown.

GRANDMA GERTIE'S OLD FASHIONED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together shortening, sugar and salt.
• Add eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Add sour cream,soda, almond extract and vanilla - mix thoroughly.
• Stir in the flour 1 to 2 cups at a time.
• Round into balls, roll in sugar and flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes until edges are a light golden brown.
• It will make 4-8 dozen depending on the size of cookie you make. You can sprinkle decorating sugars on top for a decorated touch.

GRANDMA'S BROWN SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350^.
• Cream butter and brown sugar.
• Add egg, flour, and baking soda.
• Shape into small balls and place on cookie sheet.
• Using a small glass with a decorative bottom, dip bottom into a cup of water, then into raw cane sugar. Press down on cookie dough to flatten cookie.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.