Best Darn Sugar Cookies Ever

Shannon Anderson's Note:

I don't care for sugar cookies at all and I thought these really were the best darn sugar cookies ever! These cookies are so light and have a fabulous texture. Everyone is sure to love them.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 3 hrs
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 60 cookies

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil (NOT olive oil!)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 4 1⁄8; cups flour

Directions:

1. Cream sugar, butter, powdered sugar, and oil.
2. Then cream in eggs and vanilla.
3. In a separate bowl mix baking soda, cream of tartar, and flour.
4. Start adding dry ingredients to creamed ingredients less than 1 cup at a time.
5. Chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours.
6. Drop 1-2" balls on the cookie sheet.
7. If you would like, you can flatten the balls with the bottom of a drinking glass that has been dipped in sugar.
8. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are browned.
9. You can also sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar, colored sugar sprinkles, etc.

Reviews

[Darlene10]

These are an excellent sugar cookie. However, your yield amount is way off. I got 64 very large cookies. I wondered when I saw the 4 plus cups of flour. I will certainly make these again.

[Aunt Dawn]

These sugar cookies are very, very, good! They are soft, light, and rich. I also flattened the cookie with a glass dipped in sugar and cinnamon. Yum, yum!

[morgan_dl_12607592]

This recipe is from aSouthern Living Cookbook. I have used it for 10 years. I added a teaspoon of nutmeg to the recipe to make them taste like my grandmother's drop sugar cookie, but better. If you are in a hurry and don't have time to refrigerate, drop a cookie scoop full of dough into colored sugar. Use your fingers to roll just the bottom of the scoop of dough. With your fingers again, pick up the ball of dough and invert it onto a parchment covered cookie sheet. Press cookie down a little with the bottom of a water glass. Plenty of sugar gets coated on the top of the cookie and little or none is on the cookie sheet. Makes perfectly round cookies very uniform in size. Never like a sugar cookie before but when looking through the Southern Living Cookbook, the ingredients of oil, powdered sugar, and cream of tartar interested me. I was not disappointed and neither are family or friends that I bake for. Enjoy. the added nutmeg makes them over-the-top!