Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies. These basic old-fashioned sugar cookies are flattened with the bottom of a sugar-coated glass. This vanilla cookie is a good base for seasonal decorations, and it is an easy preparation. If decorating with colored sugar, brush the cookies with milk and sprinkle with colored sugar (if using royal icing, leave unfinished).

These are so supremely soft and buttery, with a nice, tender crumb and just a subtle crunch from their sugary exterior. Sugar cookie mix in a jar. This makes a great gift for those who have everything. You can cook Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

1. Prepare 4 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
2. Prepare 2 tsp of baking powder.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
6. Prepare 1 1/4 cup of shortening.
7. Prepare 2 cups of sugar.
8. Prepare 2 of eggs.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of lemon extract.
11. You need 1 cup of butter milk (or sour milk)*.

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Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies instructions

1. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside..
2. In a large mixing bowl beat shortening for 30 seconds. Add sugar and beat till fluffy..
3. And eggs, vanilla, and lemon extract and beat well..
4. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to shortening mixture, beating till well mixed. Divide in half..
5. Cover and chill at least 3 hours or until easy to handle..
6. For large cookies, roll dough 1/2"thick. Cut into rounds with a 3" cookie cutter. For smaller cookies roll dough 3/8"thick and cut into rounds with 2" cutter..
7. Place 2 1/2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet..
8. Sprinkle with additional sugar.
9. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes..
10. Remove and cool..
11. Makes 24 large or 48 small cookies..
12. To make sour milk- combine 1 Tbsp lemon juice or vinegar and enough milk to make 1 cup. Let stand 5 minutes..

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