Cracked Sugar Cookies

This is a family favorite sugar cookie recipe handed down to me from my mom. When my husband was deployed to Iraq, he was always excited to receive a box of these in the mail. I always make sure to watch these closely and take them out of the oven before they brown. If they brown, they will end up too hard and crunchy.

Original recipe makes 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 egg yolks
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup white sugar, for rolling

PREP

20 mins
COOK

15 mins
READY IN

35 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
Beat 2 cups sugar, butter, and vegetable oil with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add egg yolks one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Sift flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt into the egg yolk mixture; stir. Stir in vanilla extract. Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls.
Spread 1/4 cup sugar onto a flat surface. Roll the balls of dough in sugar to coat. Arrange onto baking sheets spaced at least 2 inches apart.
Bake in preheated oven cooked in the middle, but not yet browned, about 15 minutes.