Amish Sugar Cookies

Connie's recipe from family collection.

• Ready In: 37 mins
• Serves: 24
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup margarine
• 1  cup  oil
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 1⁄2 cups flour

Directions

1. Cream margarine, oil, and sugars. Add eggs (1 at a time), beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture.
2. Chill dough for 2 hours. Roll dough into small balls and flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Variation: Roll bolls in sugar, sugar & cinnamon, or colored, decorative sugar before baking.