Soft Sugar Cookies

"This is an old recipe from 1952. This is a drop cookie so make large or small. Test one or two first when baking to get the right temp. and the right size desired. Posted for a request."
 
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Ready In:
27mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
48
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven 375 degrees.
  • Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg all together and set aside.
  • Cream shortening and sugars until fluffy.
  • Add eggs one at a time beating until well mixed.
  • Combine cream and water.
  • Add alternately with the flour mixture to the creamed sugar mixture.
  • Mix the soda and vinegar together in a small cup.
  • Add mixture to the batter.
  • Add vanilla.
  • Combine all well into batter.
  • Drop onto parchment lined or greased cookie sheet in desired sizes.
  • Press raisin, date, or nuts in the centre of each cookie if desired.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes, or until lightly golden browned.
  • Always test bake a cookie to see how long and desired texture and size before baking the whole batch. These puff very well.
  • Don't forget to let the test cookie, cool and taste it also when test baking.
  • This recipe makes four dozen good sized cookies.
  • This is a amish recipe, I recieved from Coldwater, Michigan.

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