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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (77g)

Recipe makes 16 servings

The following items or measurements are not included below:

2 lemons, zest of

Calories 323
Calories from Fat 111 (34%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 12.4g 19%
Saturated Fat 7.5g 37%
Monounsaturated Fat 3.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 56mg 18%
Sodium 106mg 4%
Potassium 46mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 49.0g 16%
Dietary Fiber 0.8g 3%
Sugars 25.2g
Protein 4.1g 8%

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Sugar Cookies

Recipe #10460 | 1 hour | 5 min prep | add private note
Julesong

By: Julesong
Jul 27, 2001

Delicious treat for all ages. A good dough for cutting into shapes.

SERVES 16 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
  2. 2
    Set aside.
  3. 3
    Use an electric mixer to cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
  4. 4
    Beat in eggs.
  5. 5
    Add flour mixture, and mix on low speed until thoroughly combined.
  6. 6
    Stir in vanilla or lemon juice and zest.
  7. 7
    Wrap dough in plastic; chill for about 30 minutes.
  8. 8
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  9. 9
    On a floured surface, roll dough to 0.125 inch thick.
  10. 10
    Cut into desired shapes.
  11. 11
    Transfer to ungreased baking sheets; refrigerate until firm, 15 minutes.
  12. 12
    Bake until edges just start to brown, 8-10 minutes .
  13. 13
    Cool on wire racks; decorate as desired.

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From: 4-H Mom

On Apr 14, 2009

I used my cookie scoop to get the perfect amount for drop cookies. They turned out perfect. They are chewy and so good. This was very easy to put together and didn't take up much time - my type of recipe. I will be saving this recipe for future use. Thanks.

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    From: scancan

    On Dec 28, 2008

    These cookies were perfect to roll and cut into shapes once I added a bit more flour (they were very sticky initially). They also tasted delicious and everyone loved them. My one little complaint is they become extremely hard very quickly. If I was not serving these within the next couple of hours I'd freeze them and any extra leftover. I had the same result whether they were underbaked or not plus or minus some time.

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    From: Karamia

    On Dec 25, 2005

    Great recipe for sugar cookies! The dough was easy to roll out and handle and they tasted good. There is no temp. for the oven, so I baked them at 350 and it turned out fine. I noticed that I liked the cookies better if they were rolled out a little thicker, because they were a little softer to eat. I'll be using this recipe again, thanks!

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  • From: PatriciaMH

    On Nov 1, 2006

    I made these cookies for a halloween party we were going to. I used 1/2 cup of salted butter and 1/2 cup of shortening, 2 tsps of vanilla and 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice. The dough was good for cutting but after 12 cut outs it became too much..for even the kids. I ended up rolling balls and making: pb cup, nestles crunch, butterfinger thumb prints. When I got sick of the chocolate, I made strawberry jam and rhubarb strawberry thumbprints. Then I cut up some apple, added some cinnamon and sugar. I ended up with awesome cookies!!. I did not re-refrigerate the thumb prints. They were easy to make and tasted awesome. (the apple pie cookies were the best)

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