Friday, August 28, 2009

"So good they're gone" Drop Sugar Cookies

The best part about these is that there is no rolling out and cutting into shapes involved.....but the kids still get a kick out of rolling the cookie dough in the sugar for me! And by the way, if there's any dough left to bake after the kids get a taste of it...I'm impressed. These are just darn yummy!

* 1 cup powdered sugar
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 cup butter
* 1 cup vegetable oil (I use margarine or butter flavored shortening)
* 2 eggs
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 4 1/4 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

* sugar for decoration (My kids love it if I use colored sugar, it makes the cookies look much snazzier...no frosting necessary)


DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C ).
2. In a large bowl, cream together sugar, butter, and oil. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar; stir into the creamed mixture. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Roll in sugar. Place balls onto ungreased sheet. Press each ball down with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. (Find a glass with a decorative bottom to give cookies a pattern.)
3. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.

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