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Grandmother's Brown Sugar Cookies

SUBMITTED BY: Pat Melcher

"Roll and cut cookies, a real easy to work with dough. Can be rolled again and again. Makes lots of cookies!"
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Original recipe yield: 4 dozen
    
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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

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Cream together the sugar, shortening and eggs. Add vanilla and mix well.
  3. 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.
  4. Roll out, cut with cookie cutters and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 8, 2002 by INMYOWNWAY
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 overcook, they get very hard when they finally cool.

5 users found this review helpful
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2006 by Brittany B.
The cookies are pretty bland, and i was confused by the servings, it didn't notice the "makes four dozen quote above that. Well, anyway, they're not terrible, but i won't make them again.

1 user found this review helpful
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Reviewed on Aug. 29, 2002 by LMSTERR
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 softens the cookies and gives flavor.

1 user found this review helpful


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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 24

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 268

  • Total Fat: 7.5g
  • Cholesterol: 35mg
  • Sodium: 61mg
  • Total Carbs: 46.8g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 0.7g
  • Protein: 3.7g

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