Bethal's Sugar Cookies Aka Cut-Out Cookies

Submitted by It's Good to be Queen!

"My mother in-law's Christmas wasn't complete without these on the dessert table."

 

• Ready In: 24hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup Crisco
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

directions

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Add 1 tsp of vinegar to the milk.
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder & baking soda.
4. Cream together brown sugar, sugar, crisco & egg.
5. Now add the lemon extract and the vanilla to the milk.
6. Add the flour and the milk (alternating each) to the creamed ingredients.
7. Mix the ingredients until a firm ball forms.
8. Chill cookie dough at least one hour.
9. Roll out chilled dough and cut into the desired shapes with your favorite cookie cutters.
10. Bake at 425 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
11. Let cool.
12. Ice and decorate.
13. ***The amount of cookies varies pending the size cookie cutter you choose to use***.

Reviews

[lskywalker94]

best cookies ever bar none

 

[lburkett]

omg......awesome!

 

[lmhuffman]

Second time making them w/o Mom and they turned out GREAT! The key is not making them too thin. :) Enjoy!!

 

[jase6317]

the cookies arent 'bad' i just wish i had realized the lemon extract would be so strong! i had thought to switch with almond, but wanted to try the recipe as is first. these cookies came out okay - not a fan of lemon. the dough looked very sticky, but after being in frig and using a little extra flour/powder sugar mix they were very manageable.