Grandmother's Brown Sugar Cookies

5 Reviews

“Roll and cut cookies, a real easy to work with dough. Can be rolled again and again. Makes lots of cookies!” - by Pat Melcher

Ingredients

3 cups packed brown sugar
3/4 cup shortening
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda

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Original recipe yields 4 dozen

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Cream together the sugar, shortening and eggs. Add vanilla and mix well.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Add to brown sugar mixture and stir until it is a soft dough.
Roll out, cut with cookie cutters and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (24 total)

Calories
269 cal
13%

Fat
7.5 g
12%

Carbs
47 g
15%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (5)

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INMYOWNWAY

Dec. 8, 2002

"Bland, Bland, Bland! Cookies had no flavor. They were very easy to make but I wouldn't make them again unless I used this as a base for something else - like adding spices or nuts. Also, don't over..." See morecook, they get very hard when they finally cool."

LMSTERR

Aug. 29, 2002

"I cut out even numbers of these with cookie cutters, bake, then when they are cool, spread the back of one cookie with strawberry jam and put it together with another cookie of the same shape. The jam..." See more softens the cookies and gives flavor."

txhilctrygal

Dec. 21, 2007

"Can't wait to try this recipe. It reminds me of my Grandmother's (she passed away 39 yrs ago) brown sugar cookies. Yes, they tasted slightly bland, but make great dunking cookies for milk...." See more"

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