from “Good Food” magazine.
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- Pinch salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 5 cups unsifted flour
- 2 tsps. baking soda
- 2 tsps. cream of tartar
Cream butter and sugar. Add next 4 ingredients. After measuring, sift dry ingredients together. Mix well. Roll into balls between palms of hands. Roll ball in sugar and “smoosh” down with a fork, a decorative cookie marker or bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake 10 minutes in a 350-degree oven, or until lightly browned on edges.
These spread out while baking, I don’t really recommend using a shaped cutter. But they taste so good, nobody cares. Do your art on top with icings.
Makes 5-6 dozen.