Ma Ma's Sugar Cookies

I was actually using this as a crust for French Silk Pie. However, it makes plenty for that *AND* cookies. My roommate tried them and ssaid, "Forget the pie, lets make cookies!" I also used Adams Extract Vanilla claiming to be 2x the strength (Although I can't tell the difference, I just use it because it's clear and I like the top of my french silk pie to be bright white.) Why this as a pie crust? French silk pie has a sweet filling. I added sugar and vanilla to the cream on top, and that made a plain crust stand out like a sore thumb! I needed a sweet crust, so I went looking and coulsn't find anything that went well with the pie, then it hit me, forget the self rising flour and use a sugar cookie recipie! It works out great, but it is too sweet for a lot of people. The only other thing I changed was I used butter instead of shortening, and added about 1/2 Tbsp of light corn syrup (Just because I like it a little sweeter :) Overall it is great. This recipie makes nice soft, fluffy melt in your mouth cookies, just the way I like them! Thanks Melissa Heath for submitting it

I can't imagine how large a cookie the original poster was making because I've made a dozen tablespoon sized balls of dough and still have tons of dough left! I tried one and it's fantastic. I used a fancy glass bottom and the pattern stays slightly in after baking. I also had to use regular flour with one teaspoon each of baking soda and baking powder and it turned out great. My tip is: bake them for only 7 minutes and let them finish baking on the hot pan when you pull them out.

I sent this recipe to a friend of mine not only was were they fast they were soft and sooo good.

I have long been daunted by cut-out cookie making. Early in my motherhood I tried them and I was awful!! I have been scared to try since. Today I made these and they are beautiful!! I halved the recipe in case I screwed them up I wouldn't have wasted to much. I worked slowly at first and added more flour to my ball of dough as it got too sticky to roll out. Once I pressed them out with the cookie cutters I transfered them from the counter to the pan with a spatula so they wouldn't tear in my hand. I cooked about 7 minutes and let them continue cooking on the hot pan once they were taken out as another reviewer suggested. I used regular crisco (because that's waht I had) and they tasted just fine. I am so grateful for this easy and wonderful recipe!!

This is an excellent recipe! My three-year-old son helped and loved every second of it! We followed the instructions exactly as written, except instead of rolling the dough out, I took out portions and let him help roll them into balls on sugar-coated parchment. After we put them on the cookie sheets, he helped me press them with a sugar-coated glass bottom. We decorated them for our family's July 4th celebration with Sugar Cookie Frosting colored red and blue. They were soft and perfectly crispy around the edges. Thanks!! We'll be using this one again!

This recipe was wonderful! I did make a couple of changes.. I used 1/2 white sugar & 1/2 cup of BROWN sugar, for a little taste kick.. & I added 1 extra tsp vanilla. The cookies turned out great! I rolled them in white sugar & colored sugar crystals for decoration. One thing, tho - I cooked the 1st batch for 8 minutes, & they were JUST undercooked. The 2nd batch cooked 9 minutes and turned out fine!

I made these and rolled them into balls and pressed them with a sugared glass bottom instead of rolling out. They are simple and delicious!! thanks for the recipe.

My youngest son is a HUGE sugar cookie fan, and he is so excited that I tried this recipe today -- he says it's the best recipe ever! We've tried several; we've been looking for something similar to the ones he gobbles at Ryan's buffet restaurant, and these are pretty close if you roll them in sugar, flatten slightly with a glass, and bake for 8-9 minutes. We overbaked a batch by mistake and they were still OK, just crunchy and crisp (we prefer them softer). I never bought butter-flavored Crsico before, but I'll keep it in my pantry from now on, just so we can make these cookies!

I think i would give this recipe more like 3 1/2 stars. I used butter instead of shortening, because I am a skeptic and thought butter would taste better. Maybe that's where I went wrong. Anyways, it doesn't say to chill the dough before cutting into shapes, but mine was way too sticky and soft. I chilled for a few hours, but it was still sticky and soft. I ended up making drop cookies, which were good, but they tasted kind of like the Simple White Cake recipe that is also on this website. I love that recipe, but these cookies just weren't what i was looking for. I might try again with Shortening, though.

These cookies were great! Even my boyfriend, who only likes (err, or should I say liked) store bought sugar cookies loved these. I didn't have any butter flavored shortening so I used regular shortening and added about 2 tablespoons of butter =P