Grandma Mccarvers Sugar Cookies Recipes

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'S CLASSIC SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and light; this should take about 5 minutes with an electric mixer, or 10 minutes by hand. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and mix well.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture alternately to the butter and sugar mixture with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Cover the dough tightly with plastic wrap and foil and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight. (If the dough is chilled overnight, let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before rolling out so that task is easier.)
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough using a floured rolling pin to about 1/4" thickness. Cut with cookie cutters.
• Or you can roll the dough into 1" balls, place on cookie sheets and flatten with the bottom of a water glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake the cookies on ungreased cookie sheets for 7 to 10 minutes until they are very ​lightly golden brown around the edges. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for about a minute, then remove to wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

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 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 TIBBITTS SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the lard and sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the buttermilk. The mixture will be very runny at this point. Combine the flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; stir into the buttermilk mixture by hand using a wooden spoon. Try not to over mix the dough or the cookies will be dense. Drop by spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. For cut out cookies, the dough should be refrigerated for a couple of hours. Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness and flour your cookie cutter between each cut.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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 SHEETS' SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together the sugar, shortening, baking powder and ground nutmeg. Beat the eggs and add to mixture. Combine the milk and baking soda and pour into mixture. Add the flour. You can start out with a good mixer at first but you'll need to switch to hand-mixing when dough gets too thick, adding enough flour so the dough is not too sticky and you can roll it out to about 1/4 inch or so.
• Flour counter and rolling pin and top of dough. If it is very humid where you live it may help to refrigerate dough 15 minutes or so and you can also refrigerate the portion of the dough that you're not presently working with. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch. Cut out with any cookie cutter and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for about 8 minutes, or until ever so lightly browned around edges or on bottom. Remove from sheets and cool on flattened grocery bags or wire 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 CRISSMAN'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar in mixer, beating well until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Add vanilla until combined. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking soda and cream of tartar three times. Add to creamed mixture. Beat until combined. Form dough into a ball, cover and chill at least one hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place a clean dishcloth on the work surface and lightly flour the cloth. Place dough on cloth and roll thin, 1/4 to 1/8 of an inch. Cut into circles or other desired shapes. Carefully transfer cookies to baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. (Will need to bake in several batches.) Bake 7 to 10 minutes or just until brown around the edges. Cool a few minutes on baking sheet, then remove to rack to cool completely.

GRANDMA DOROTHY'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, oil and sugars.
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl stir dry ingredients together and then mix into wet ingredients,.
• Chill at least 4 hours, better if chilled over night.
• Roll out very thinly (1/4") and cut with cookie cutters. Use powdered sugar instead of flour for rolling to avoid a burnt flour taste on cookies.
• Bake at 350 for 8-10 minute or until browned.
• Parchment paper recommended for baking.
• Prep time doesn't include chilling.

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.

GRANDMOTHER'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream Crisco and sugar.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Mix in dry ingredients.
• Touch dough with your finger. If any dough sticks to your finger, add flour a little at a time until when you touch the dough, none comes off on your finger.
• On a lightly floured linen towel, roll out dough to between 1/8 and 1/4-inch thick.
• bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges of cookies BEGIN to turn golden brown.
• Let cool on cookie sheet.
• Decorate as desired.

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.

GRANDMA HAZEL'S SUGAR COOKIES RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• 1. Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt 2. Combine butter, powdered sugar, and 1 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl. Beat with electric mixer. Add oil, eggs, and vanilla, mixing to combine. Gradually add flour mixture. Chill dough 3-4 hours until firm. 3. Preheat oven to 350F 4. Shape dough into walnut-size balls and roll in remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Place cookies on an ungreased baking sheet. Dip the bottom of a glass in granulated sugar and press onto each ball to flatten. 5. Bake 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove cookies from pan and let cool on paper towels. Makes 3 dozen

GRANDMA MCCARVER'S PEANUT-BUTTER CRISSCROSSES RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Thoroughly cream shortening, sugars, and vanilla. Add eggs and beat thoroughly; stir in peanut butter. Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture. Form into 1" balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press each with back of a fork to make crisscross. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Remove to wire rack and cool completely. Variations: Monster Cookies: Use an ice cream scoop to measure dough. Roll into balls. Place about 5 cookies on large cookie sheet. Make crisscross design. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack and cool completely. Soft Peanut Butter Cookies: Decrease shortening to 1/2 cup and add 1 stick of softened butter with the shortening. Glazed Cookies: Melt 1 cup of peanut butter chips and 1 tablespoon of shortening over low heat or in the microwave. Using a spoon, drizzle over cooled cookies.

GRANDMA MCCARVER'S SUGAR COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs and mix well. Add milk. Beat in dry ingredients until dough is well blended. Refrigerate 1 hour or until mixture is cold. Roll out on floured surface and cut into shapes. Place on greased cookie sheets about 1" apart. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets and cool on wire rack. Note: If dough becomes dry, gradually mix in more shortening to moisten dough.