Grandmother's Brown Sugar Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

3 cups packed brown sugar
¾ cup shortening
¾ teaspoon cream of tartar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda

Nutrition Info

268.6 calories
carbohydrate: 47 g
cholesterol: 31 mg
fat: 7.5 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 3.8 g
saturatedFat: 1.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 59.3 mg
sugar: 26.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Cream together the sugar, shortening and eggs. Add vanilla and mix well.

  3. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Add to brown sugar mixture and stir until it is a soft dough.

  4. Roll out, cut with cookie cutters and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

Roll and cut cookies, a real easy to work with dough. Can be rolled again and again. Makes lots of cookies!

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