Mama Jan's Super Yummy Sugar Cookies
"My MIL got these from her student assistant years ago and we have been making them ever since! My husband and I fight over them when she would send them to us in a care package when we didn't make it home for the holidays. Now I make them as well and we still fight over them! I bake them on my baking stones which makes them softer. If using a metal cookie sheet they will be harder."
photo by Boomette
- Ready In:
- 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
20 mini cookies depending on the size of your cutters
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 2 small egg yolks (I use 1 large egg yolk) or 1 medium egg (I use 1 large egg yolk)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
directions
- Cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add egg and mix well.
- Sift dry ingredients together and blend into sugar mixture. Mix well.
- Add extracts and blend well.
- Chill one hour.
- Roll out to thickness of half your little finger and cut with cookie cutters.
- Bake at 400F for 8-10 until edges are golden.
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Reviews
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These cookies are yummy. The taste is great. My made it with my son of 4 years old. He helped me roll the dough and cut it in hearts and rabbits. I cooked them 10 minutes for the first batch. But with 9 minutes it was better. Thanks cook from scratch :) Made for PAC Spring 2010
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My passions are photography and cooking (a good combination to have a 'zaar!) I try to photograph every recipe I review. My family sometimes wishes we could just sit down to eat at night without first having to take pictures of what we are eating!
I've been cooking for a long time and recently started baking from scratch. I have been a member at 'zaar for quite a few years and my tried-and-tried recipes come mainly from my favorite chefs here. I am dabbling in OAMC and pantry cooking and do a lot of baking due to my boys' food allergies. We follow the Feingold Program, an alternative to ADHD medications. Feingold eliminates food additives such as artificial flavors and colorings, synthetic sweeteners such as Equal and the petroleum-based preservatives such as BHT, BHA and TBHQ (ewww!!) You can find more information on the Feingold program by visiting the website at http://www.feingold.org. I have become a much better cook since starting the program two years ago and have become somewhat of a food snob because of it.
I am a mom first and for-most. I also work with families who lose a child at or before birth.
*I was formally mississippimorning.*
