Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

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Looking for an amazing recipe to add to your Christmas cookie list? If you aren’t the biggest fan of the classic sugar cookie recipes that are cut into shapes and slathered with icing, you have to give this one a try! This old-fashioned sugar cookie recipe is crispy, buttery and absolutely delicious. You can make it just as festive with red and green colored sugar. I will give caution though because these cookies are addicting! It’s a good thing this recipe makes a ton of cookies because they will be gone before you know it.

I hope the directions on how to shape the cookies are easy to understand. You’ll want to make sure the sugar sticks to the bottom of the glass that you are going to use to smash down the balls of dough. You can do this with a little bit of water or oil. After the balls are smashed down, press them with a fork to create a design similar to classic peanut butter cookies. These cookies will not expand much while baking so you can place them closer together on the cookie sheet.

Let us know if you try this recipe and how you like it!

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Coates & Home

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 96 cookies

Ingredients  

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 cup powdered see
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp nutmeg or cinnamon optional

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Thoroughly cream oil, butter & both sugars
  • Add vanilla and eggs
  • Stir in dry ingredients
  • Roll a teaspoon of dough into a ball
  • Smash balls of dough with the bottom of a flat glass dipped in sugar
  • Press dough with fork to make design
  • Bake about 10-12 min

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