Old fashioned sugar cookies

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Butter
½ cup Lightly packed brown sugar
½ cup Sugar
1 each Egg
½ teaspoon Vanilla
2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Cream of tartar

Directions

Coloured sugar, candied fruit or decorating candies for garnish Icing Glaze (optional). 1 cup icing sugar, 1½ tablespoon milk, food coloring. Cream the butter. Add the brown sugar and sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, stirring only until thoroughly mixed. Divide the dought into two, wrap each half in wax paper and chill for 3 hours or longer. Preheat the oven to 375F. Roll dough out to a thickness of ¼" or less, working with a bit at a time. Cut the cookies into the desired shaped and using a metal spatula, place on baking sheets. Leave a space of about 1 ½" between the cookies for them to expand. Decorate as desired. (If you wish to decorate with icing glaze, do so after the cookies have been baked and cooled). Bake for 8 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool flat on racks. Prepare the glaze if desired, and ice the cookies.

Store in an air-tight container. To make the icing glaze, combine the icing sugar and milk in a small bowl. Stir until smooth. For a green or pink glaze, add a few drops of food colouring and mix well. Spread the glaze on the top of the cookies after they have been baked and cooled. If you wish to garnish the glaze with coloured candies or bits of cherries, do so immediately before the icing becomes too hard. Yield 3 dozen cookies. From the book "Canadian Christmas Cooking" by Rose Murray AR/92

Submitted By SHARON STEVENS On 11-22-94

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