Grandma Strattons Soft Cut Out Cookies Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with 3-in. cookie cutters dipped in flour. Sprinkle with additional sugar. , Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Reroll scraps if desired. Bake at 375° for 7-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

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 STRATTONS SOFT CUT OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat eggs and vanilla inches.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, salt. Roll out on floured board.
• Bake at 400F for 7 min or until the edges become golden brown.
• Cool and frost.

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 SOFT WHITE COOKIES RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar; add eggs and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk and baking soda. Stir in half the buttermilk mixture. Combine flour, nutmeg, salt and baking powder. Stir in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk mixture. Dough will be tender. With a rolling pin, roll dough to 1/2-inch thick, using generous amounts of flour. Cut out cookies with a round cookie cutter. Bake on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes (I baked mine 12 minutes and they were super soft) at 350 degrees. Do Not Overbake. The cookies should be soft. Cool completely and spread with pink icing.

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.