After chores and homework this evening, #1 made his sugar cookies for the state fair coming up this weekend. These are the best darn sugar cookies you will ever have in your entire life. My Aunt Joyce included this recipe in one of the family cook books.
It's a very simple recipe and makes A LOT OF COOKIES.
After the 4-Her found three matching 2 inch cookies in the two dozen that HE baked, Mom finished baking the rest. Needless to say, they got noticeably bigger when I took on baking duties... can you relate? This is why some incredibly intelligent woman came up with putting all the batter/dough into a 9x13 and calling them "bars"- not enough time to wash babies, feed babies, clean the toilets, school the children, AND make 124 - 2 inch cookies!
I digress...
A fancy shmancy 4-H baking tip:
Use your "small scoop" from Pampered Chef to measure just the right amount of dough to make the necessary 2 inch cookie. {My "scoops" were closer to baseball size when #1 wasn't looking.}
One fact remains - no one should take baking advice from me! The one and only year that I baked in my 10 years of 4-H, I received a white ribbon on my corn muffins. In case you aren't familiar with
4-H, that's the worst place an exhibitor can receive. It's right there above "Participant"!
On with the show...
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Quilters Sugar Cookies
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
5 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cream of tartar
Preheat oven to 350.
Cream together butter, sugar, oil, salt, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Gradually add flour mixture to first mixture. Mix well. Form dough into 1 inch balls. Roll balls in a pie pan of sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass drinking glass. Bake 10 minutes or until set. Store in an air tight container.
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Strikingly delicious-looking, aren't they!
The "special" ones are in this bowl.
Do you think this will stop them?
The answer is NO!
They're hidden now.
Go bake with your kids.
Blessings- B
3 comments:
Great job on the cookies Ben and mom! I for one think you are an amazing, fantabulous cook Miss Becky!!! Going to have to try the cookies. They look delicious!
We thank you very much! Just got back from judging clothing at the State Fair. 7 hours and there were 14 judges for clothing alone- I'm exhausted! Anywho, the cookies received a purple ribbon. That's the best you can do in the SD 4-H!
Yeah for Ben! Watch out Paula Dean!
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