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Grandma O'Neil's Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 cups flour
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
1 tsp soda
2 tsp. Cream of Tartar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. flavoring
2 eggs
1 cup milk
Directions:
Directions:
Re: Milk: Try one cup and use your own judgement re adding more to make a soft dough that will roll easily.

Method: Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs. Add dry sifted ingredients alternately with milk. Mix.

Roll out dough and cut into shapes. Grandma usually put a raisin in the center.

Bake at 350º F. (Probably 10 to 12 minutes. Just watch them.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Grandma loved children and she always had these cookies on hand for us! She was 90 years old when I took the picture of her making these delicious, sought after cookies. ( I don't know the exact time she used to bake them. Take care the first time you make them.)

 

 

 

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