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Melt-in-Your-Mouth Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
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1/2
cup butter, softened
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1/2
cup shortening
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2
cups sugar
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1
teaspoon baking soda
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1
teaspoon cream of tartar
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1/8
teaspoon salt
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3
egg yolks
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1/2
teaspoon vanilla
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1 3/4
cups all-purpose flour
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Beat mixture until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour.
2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are set; do not let edges brown. Cool cookies for 1 minute on cookie sheet. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
From the Test Kitchen
- Storage Layer cookies between waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
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One other quick comment. One reason I think they were too sweet is that I used the coarse colored sugar on them. I switched to a light sprinkle of the super fine colored sugar shavings, and that cut back on the sweetness. If you're like my family, and like them a little less sweet, I would recommend that, or leaving off the colored sugar altogether.
12/17/2011 07:24:47 PM Report AbuseDefinitely true to their name, "melt-in-your-mouth"! I also added Almond Extract. The only negative for me is that I find them too sweet. Lived in Europe for several years and grew accustomed to their desserts, which are not as sweet as ours. Almost all American dessert recipes are too sweet for me now. I have figured out how to reduce the sugar successfully in most recipes, so I will have to experiment with that next year, but these will definitely be added to the annual Christmas baking list!
12/17/2011 07:15:42 PM Report AbuseThis recipe is fabulous! But if you like to roll out your sugar cookie dough and use cookie cutters, I'd pass this one by. It's not meant for that. But if you want an incredibly tender, delicious, drop-type sugar cookie, you won't do better than this one!
12/12/2011 02:07:19 PM Report AbuseThis is the first recipe that compared with my grandmother's melt-in-your-mouth tender sugar cookies. Thank you. One note, I was out of cream of tartar so substituted one 4 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp lemon juice for the baking soda and they turned out beautifully. Thanks again for sharing your recipe!
10/21/2011 01:38:34 PM Report AbuseWhat's even more wonderful is using Almond Extract with or instead of the vanilla. Yum!!
10/25/2010 11:20:05 AM Report Abuse