Ann's best sugar cookies

7 dozen

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Sugar
1½ cup Butter softened
2 Eggs
2 tablespoons Vanilla extract
4 cups All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Cream of tartar
FROSTING OPTIONAL
1½ cup Confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons Butter softened
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Milk
Food coloring
Colored sugar

Directions

In mixing bowl combine sugar and butter, beat until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Stir together dry ingredients ; gradually add to creamed mixture until completely blended. Chill for 30 minutes.

Form balls and roll in sugar and press down on greased cookie sheet.

OR

On a lightly floured surface roll dough to a ¼ inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters dipped in flour.

Bake 350 for 10-12 minutes.

Cool on wire rack.

To frost: Combine sugar, butter, vanilla and milk, beat until creamy.

Thin with additional milk to desired spreading consistency in neccessary. Add a few drops of food coloring if desired. Spread over cookies and decorate with colored sugar.

Typed by Annette Johnsen for Cyberealm BBS Watertown, NY 315-786-1120

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