To free up room in the oven, grill your festive turkey. With virtually any size fowl, you may use this recipe. We almost never have leftovers since it is so excellent.
| Servings: | 30 |
| Yield: | 5 dozen |
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Mix shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla thoroughly. Blend flour, soda and salt; stir in.
- Form into roll 2 1/2″ across. Wrap in waxed paper. Chill until firm.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- With a thin sharp knife, slice 1/8 inch thick. Place a little apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 87 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 6 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 45 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I was looking for a recipe we made as a 4H cookie fifty years ago in Minnesota. This one is pretty close. I added chopped walnuts and dried cranberries! Great cookie to have handy in the freezer. Just slice and bake a dozen at a time! Baked them on parchment paper at 350 for 9-10 minutes
I love these cookies – they are great dunkers for milk or coffee. One of my childhood friend’s mother used to make these for us after school – now I know why. It’s so convenient to have these waiting on you in the fridge for whenever you are ready. Thanks for the recipe!
I was in a hurry to get these made and didn’t have time to wait for them to firm in the fridge, so I placed them in the freezer for 20 mins. They were plenty firm and ready to bake!
I divided the dough in half and added red food coloring to half and made pinwheel cookies with it- very good!!
Wow… these are really easy and you just can’t quit eating them… my family loves them. Sometimes I don’t even wait for them to chill & just drop them… they are good that way too.
Perfect! I have been looking for an easy, delicious sugar cookie recipe. One that doesn’t necessitate rolling out the dough and cutting the cookies with a cutter. I have found it, these really do melt in your mouth. Next I will try the other reviewers suggestion and add pecans. Yummy! Thanks Martha
This recipe is almost identical to my Grandmother’s recipe. She always added in 1/4 cup chopped pecans and 1/2 cup coconut. My grandma always had them stored in her refrigerator ready to bake for when people dropped by. You will love this cookie!!! Debbie