Classic Sugar Cookies

Classic Sugar Cookies photo
prep time:
30 minutes
total time:
37 minutes
Makes 5 dozen cookies
KimberlyKimberly Woolf

ingredients

  • 1 cup Crisco® Butter Shortening
  • OR 1 stick Crisco® Butter Shortening Sticks
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Colored sugar and decors (optional)

directions

  • 1

    COMBINE shortening, granulated sugar and brown sugar in large bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended. Add milk. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla.

  • 2

    COMBINE flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt in separate large bowl. Mix into shortening mixture until well blended. Chill 1 hour.

  • 3

    HEAT oven to 350°F.

  • 4

    ROLL out 1/3 of dough at a time to about 1/4-inch thickness on floured surface. Cut out with cookie cutters. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugars and decors or leave plain and frost when cooled.

  • 5

    BAKE 6 to 8 minutes or until edges of cookies are slightly golden. Remove immediately to cooling rack.

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