Nelson Cookie Bake, Dan's Sugar Cookies Recipe #196700
This is Dan Howard's Grandmother Reed's Sugar Cookie recipe. A traditional Christmas favorite of the Howard family.
3 hours | 1 hour prep
10 dozen cookies
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 cups melted shortening (1 cup butter and 1 cup Crisco)
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 5 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 8 cups flour
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine sugar, melted shortening, buttermilk, and eggs and mix until smooth.
- Add baking soda, cream of tarter and flour. Mix until well blended.
- Drop by cookie scoop on cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Let cookies cool. Then frost with Pillsbury Vanilla icing. Add sprinkles. Allow frosting to set prior to storing the cookies.
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