Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Soft Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of sugar
  • plus more for dusting cookies right before baking
  • 1 1/2 cups trans fat free vegetable shortening
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp of real vanilla extract
  • 4 1/2 cups of all purpose flour , sifted
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • 1 cup of buttermilk, mixed with 1 tsp of baking soda

Directions:

  1. Cream together the 2 cups of sugar with the shortening.
  2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
  3. Add the vanila.
  4. Mix the flour and the baking powder together.
  5. Beginning with the flour mixture, add the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture to the beaten sugar mixture, ending with the flour mixture.
  6. Preheat the oven to 360 degrees.
  7. Lightly flour a cookie sheet and drop batter by the soup spoon full onto it.
  8. Dust the tops with sugar.
  9. Bake for 12 minutes each until very lightly browned.
  10. Remove from pan and cool on a cookie rack.
  11. Nibble with a cup of hot tea,and know you are savoring a little bit of history.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 104.2 Kcal (436 kJ)
Calories from fat 10.31 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.15g 2%
Cholesterol 18.25mg 6%
Sodium 50.05mg 2%
Potassium 43.06mg 1%
Total Carbs 20.76g 7%
Sugars 6.93g 28%
Dietary Fiber 0.54g 2%
Protein 2.46g 5%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 17.1mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 339.94 Kcal (1423 kJ)
Calories from fat 33.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.74g 2%
Cholesterol 59.55mg 6%
Sodium 163.27mg 2%
Potassium 140.48mg 1%
Total Carbs 67.71g 7%
Sugars 22.62g 28%
Dietary Fiber 1.76g 2%
Protein 8.04g 5%
Iron 1.2mg 2%
Calcium 55.9mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 2.1
    Points
  • 3
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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