Mom’s Sugar Cookies

These cookies are great rolled out or you can put them through the bar cookie disc of a cookie press to make thin cookies. (Using a cookie press is much faster than rolling them out.)

Original recipe makes 5 dozen

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Cream butter and sugar; add eggs. Sift dry ingredients 3 times; combine thoroughly with egg mixture. Add vanilla.
  2. Roll in waxed paper and store in refrigerator to chill thoroughly.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  4. Roll out dough very thin on well-floured board; cut with cookie cutter. Bake on greased cookie sheets for 6 – 10 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 182 kcal
Carbohydrates: 27.8 g
Cholesterol: 37 mg
Fat: 6.8 g
Fiber: 0.5 g
Protein: 2.6 g
Sodium: 112 mg