Blue Ribbon Soft Sugar Cookies

Rich, buttery sugar cookies that melt in your mouth. This recipe is from a cookbook called "Country Fair Cookbook" in which all recipes are blue ribbon winners.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 84
• Yields: 7 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 1  cup  cooking oil
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  cup  sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 4  cups  sifted flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beting well after each addition. Blend in the oil and vanilla.
2. Sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; mix well. Chill dough in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight.
3. Shape dough in balls the size of a walnut. Place balls about 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets.
4. Bake in 350 oven 10 to 12 minutes or until done. Remove from baking sheets: cool on racks. Makes 7 dozen.