Gram Opal's Sugar Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
¼ cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon hot water, or as needed
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
24 whole pecans

Nutrition Info

216.2 calories
carbohydrate: 28.3 g
cholesterol: 33.2 mg
fat: 11 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 1.8 g
saturatedFat: 6.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 136 mg
sugar: 18.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.

  2. Sift flour, baking soda, and 1/8 teaspoon salt together in a bowl.

  3. Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, and egg in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add flour mixture, vanilla extract, and lemon extract to butter mixture, stir until dough is well blended. Roll cookie dough into walnut-size balls and place 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Press each ball down with the bottom of a glass to flatten slightly.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until baked through, 6 to 7 minutes. Cool.

  5. Stir confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter, hot water, and vanilla together in a bowl until sugar is completely dissolved and icing is smooth. Spread icing on cooled cookies and top each cookie with a pecan.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen cookies

Recipe Note

My grandma, Opal June Carlson (Gram C), made these cookies whenever my dad and I came to her cottage on Lake Okoboji for a visit. Although at the time I picked off the pecan halves that my 7-year-old self didn't yet appreciate, these simply delicious cookies were amazing and will live forever in my heart along with my Gram C!

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