Diane's Sugar Cookies
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 6 Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 3 1/2
c
Sifted flour 2 1/2
ts
Baking powder 1/2
t
Salt 1 1/2
Cubes
sweet butter (6 oz) 2
ts
Vanilla 1 1/2
c
Granulated sugar 2
Eggs 1
tb
Milk 2
tb
Sour cream 1
Lemon,
grated rind only
Directions:
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cream butter, sugar,
sour cream, lemon peel and beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, and
then milk. Gradually, add the sifted dry ingredients, scraping the
bowl as necesary with a rubber spatula and beating only until
thoroughly mixed.
Divide dough into 2 halves. Wrap each atch with foil or plastic wrap
and chill in refirgerator for 3 hours or longer. Do not place dough
in freezer.
Preheat oven to 400~. Place one batch of dough on lightly floured
pastry cloth. Turn dough to flour all sides and roll out to desired
thickness. For very large cookies, 1/4-inch. Cut the cookeis as you
wish. Transfer cooies to ungreased cookie sheets. If cookies are
large and thick, place at least 2 inches apart. Sprinkle the tops of
the cookies generously with granulated sugar.
Bake until the cookies are lightly browned. Large, thick cookies
will need to bake for 10-12 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks for
cooling.
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