Soft Sugar Cookies IV

Valentines's Day - Holidays and Events

This Recipe is a State Fair Blue Ribbon winner. This is an easy sugar cookie recipe, you don't have to roll it out, and the cookies are soft and chewy, unlike other sugar cookies. Anybody can make these.

Brief

Servings: 24

Yield: 4 1/2 dozen

Soft Sugar Cookies IV

Ingredients

⅔ cup shortening

⅔ cup butter

1 ½ cups white sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration

Chef John's Butter Puff Biscuit Dough

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Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

In a medium bowl cream together the butter shortening and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour baking powder and salt stir into the creamed mixture until dough comes together. Roll dough into walnut sized balls and roll the balls in sugar. Place them on an unprepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Step 3

Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven until bottom is light brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

Nutritional Information

Soft Sugar Cookies IV

Servings Per Recipe:24

Calories: 228.2

% Daily Value *

Protein: 2.5g 5%

Carbohydrates: 29.4g 10%

Dietary Fiber: 0.5g 2%

Sugars: 15.4g

Fat: 11.4g 18%

Saturated Fat: 4.8g 24%

Cholesterol: 29.1mg 10%

Vitamin A Iu: 177.9IU 4%

Niacin Equivalents: 1.6mg 12%

Folate: 35.5mcg 9%

Calcium: 29.2mg 3%

Iron: 1mg 5%

Magnesium: 4.8mg 2%

Potassium: 27.5mg 1%

Sodium: 180.1mg 7%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 15%

Calories From Fat: 102.6

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.