Grandma Davis' Sugar Cookies
Grandma Davis' Sugar Cookies. The best sugar cookies around.
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 395kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup shortening or butter I usually use butter flavored Crisco
- 2 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 t. vanilla
- 5 cups flour
- 2 t. baking soda
- 2 t. salt
Instructions
- Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, combine. Add the flour, salt and baking soda, mix well, form into a ball, cover and chill over night.
- Roll onto a floured surface and cut with cookie cutters.
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 7 minutes.
- WATCH CLOSELY for them to be soft, you can’t let them brown.
- Frost with powdered sugar icing.
Notes
Or… you can cheat like me. By plain classic white frosting in a can. Zap it in the microwave for a few seconds, and drizzle on your cookies.
The number of cookies can vary based on the size of the cutter you use.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 395kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 425mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g