Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Enjoy these classic baked sugar cookies – perfect dessert to please your guests.

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ingredients 9
Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
Total Time 2 hr 15 min

Ingredients

3: cups all purpose flour

1: teaspoon baking powder

1: teaspoon baking soda

1/8: teaspoon salt

1: cup margarine or butter

2: eggs

1 1/2: cups sugar

1: teaspoon vanilla

1/2: teaspoon lemon extract

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Directions

1 In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well. Using fork or pastry blender, cut in 1 cup margarine until mixture is crumbly. In small bowl, beat eggs. Gradually add sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and lemon extract, beating until light. Add to flour mixture in large bowl. Stir by hand until dough forms. (If necessary, knead dough with hands to mix in dry ingredients.) Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
2 Heat oven to 375°F. On lightly floured surface, roll out 1/3 of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated.) Cut with 2 1/2 to 3-inch floured cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. If desired, decorate with decorator sugar or multicolored candy sprinkles.
3 Bake at 375°F. for 6 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool 15 minutes or until completely cooled.

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For a whimsical touch, trace children's hands onto paper and cut out the shapes. Then place the cutouts on the dough and cut around the shapes. Decorate baked cookies with frosting to look like rings, bracelets, watches or colored fingernails.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 70
Calories from Fat: 25),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 3g; 3%
(Saturated Fat 1g, 1% ),
Cholesterol: 5mg; 5%;
Sodium: 70mg; 70%;

% Daily Value*:

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1/2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Kristyna_lowe

report Posted Dec. 24, 2012 7:29 AM

The cookies taste great don't get me wrong,but they are just to fluffy for my liking....

gyrlchele

report Posted May. 31, 2011 7:42 AM

I love this recipe!! I searched the net 4 sugar cookie recipes & this is the only 1 my kids will eat. I make them all the time & my kids love them.

gmguillian

report Posted Dec. 21, 2010 6:57 PM

My granddaughter, daughter and I made this recipe today. We doubled the recipe and added almond extract instead of lemon extract. These finished cookies are excellent. They are light and fluffy. We ate the first batch of cookies because after you have one you can't stop eating them. Hahahaha!!!!! Recipe is very easy to make and bake!