Grandma Margarets Sugar Cookies Recipes

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 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'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 MARGARET'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the butter, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla and vegetable oil
• Stir in salt, baking soda and cream of tartar.
• Stir in flour. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• You can either roll out the dough and cut into shapes or you can roll heaping teaspoons of dough into balls. If you roll the dough into the balls, press the dough balls down with the bottom of a drinking glass or a cookie stamp. Dough will be soft so coat the glass or cookie stamp with some flour. If desired, sprinkle tops of cookies with colored decorator sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies just barely start to turn golden brown around the edges.

GRANDMA MARGARET'S CUT OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl add your shortening and white sugar. Mix until blended
• Add your brown sugar and eggs. Mix until blended then add your cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Blend one cup of your flour with the baking soda and baking powder. add that to your mixture.
• Start adding your flour gradually alternating with buttermilk. Make sure to begin and end with flour. * Towards the end you may want to use your hands!
• Get your cookie cutters out and start rolling your dough on a floured surface. Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes or until you start seeing a LITTLE brown on the edges.
• Make your frosting: In a medium size bowl add you softened butter or margarine, gradually add your powdered sugar one cup at a time.
• after all the powdered sugar is blended add your vanilla extract. Whip until creamy
• Get several bowls out for the colors you choose to use.
• Don't take too long...the grand kids are ready! ....and the little dog at the bottom left waiting for the crumbs!
• Start decorating!

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.