Big, Big Sugar Cookies


Serves: 5
Total Calories: 927
Yield: 4 dozen

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup margarine, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon lemon extract
4 3/4 cups flour, divided
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup sour cream
raisins or maraschino cherries (optional)

Directions:

Beat the sugar and margarine together. Add eggs and lemon extract; cream together. Combine 4 cups flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg and add to sugar/egg mixture alternately with sour cream. Then add about 3/4 cup more flour to stiffen dough. Put dough on a floured board and roll 1/2 inch thick. Use more flour as needed.

Use floured rim of a wide-mouthed jar or bowl to cut cookies about 4 inches in diameter. Place each cookie on a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle with sugar before baking. Add a raisin or chunk of maraschino cherry in center of cookie, if desired. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 927
Calories from Fat: 211

This Big, Big Sugar Cookies recipe is from the Best of the Best from the Pacific Rim Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.


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