Jul 18, 2012
These cookies are very bland and do not taste good at all. It is a simple recipe and the cookies are basically fool proof, but they really do taste "empty" and as the other reviewer mentioned, you can taste the shortening. I like sugar cookies normally, so that is not the issue. I first baked them without salt as other reviewers recommend and thought perhaps that was why they were flavorless so I did a quick second batch with salt; which were just as bland. Perhaps almond flavoring or coconut, but then that would not be this recipe.
—Rolling Alaskans