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Grandma Vandewege's Sugar Cookies

Lard-based sugar cookies with nutmeg and vanilla, rolled paper thin, sugared, and baked just six or seven minutes.

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Cindy Holden's note on this recipe: roll the dough out real thin -- "none of that fat stuff."

Cook
7 min
Source
Grandma Vandewege - Cindy Holden - Deb Topp

Before you start: The card jumps from sifting the dry ingredients straight to rolling out. Cream the lard and sugar with the egg and vanilla first, then work in the sifted dry ingredients to make the dough.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup lard
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2-2 cups flour

Directions

  1. Sift dry ingredients together.
  2. Roll out real thin, cut and sprinkle with sugar.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-7 minutes.

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