Sugar Cookies

It was last November/December when I had invited my friend Leslie and her family for dinner. She brought a big batch of sugar cookies that were beautifully decorated with some colored sugar. Ishaan was around 3 and 1/2 then. He ate atleast 4-5 cookies in one go. I had never seen him liking any cookie like that. I asked Leslie for the recipe and she was very kind to share it with me. It then sat there for a long time. I was pregnant at that time and somehow forgot all about it.

Then last month for Thanksgiving, I thought I would bake some cookies and send to Ishaan’s school. I remembered these cookies because I knew kids would love these. I asked for the recipe again. But then I got busy and could not bake. Finally we decided to bake this yesterday. Ishaan wanted to help decorate them. He decorated using M&Ms and chocolate chips. He said he is practising patterns – he had arranged the toppings in some pattern in all rows. Once done, he counted all to see how many we had in each tray. I really enjoyed the whole experience. I think Santa will get some of these cookies if Ishaan does not eat all of these before 24th!. Thank you Leslie for the recipe.

Pictorial:
Mix all the ingredients.
 
Shape and decorate cookies. Then bake them.
 

Sugar Cookies

Easy and tasty sugar cookies that are fun to make and sure to impress anyone

4.34 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings 100 small cookies

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup oil
• 2 egg whites
• 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tea spn cream of tarter
• 1 tea spn baking soda
• 1 tea spn salt
• 1 tea spn vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• Beat together sugar, powdered sugar, butter and oil.
• Then add all other ingredients and mix well.
• Preheat the oven at 375F for 10mins.
• Refrigerate the dough for 30 mins. (see notes)
• Shape them into small rounds and decorate as you wish.
• Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.

Notes

In the original recipe, it was mentioned to drop the cookie dough by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet as soon as it was prepared (no resting). Then flatten with a fork to create a + and sprinkle with colored sugars before baking. I wanted to bake round cookies, so I refrigerated them for 30mins and then shaped and decorated them.