My mom used to bake these cookies for us when we were kids. I have no idea where she got this recipe, it probably came from one of her friends or a family member but I have never seen this particular recipe anywhere else in my long life.
I have been baking these cookies myself since I was about 8 years old.
I would get up in the middle of the night and bake cookies and then go back to bed, get up and go to school.
I still love baking by myself when the house is quiet, real quiet and dark outside. The outside world comes to a stop and I am able to concentrate and enjoy myself. Nothing interrupts me, no phone calls, no television, no people. Just me, my hot cookies, and a tall glass of cold milk.
Angel Sugar Cookies
½ cup Crisco
½ cup Real Butter (1
stick) at room temperature
½ cup white sugar
½ cup dark brown sugar
Cream together with mixer
in bowl about one minute on medium speed.
Add:
1 egg
Mix together for about one
minute on low, just enough to get it mixed in good.
Sift together then add to
wet mixture:
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Mix together on low for
about another minute. Then add:
1 tsp of vanilla
Chill dough for about a
half hour.
Then roll into teaspoon
size balls. I then dip the bottom of a small glass (shot glass worked
for me) into a small bowl of water then into a small bowl of sugar.
And press the wet/sugar coated glass bottom onto the dough ball and
flatten them a little.
This will leave a wet sugary coating on top of
each cookie.
Bake on parchment paper in
preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
click here for printable recipe
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mother made these, she called them sugar cookies but they do taste like they were made my angels. she got the recipe from my dad's mother... the reason they are so good is the crisco... at least i think that is why... i love those blue bowls
ReplyDeleteThese look really good. I've been trying to find a recipe for tea cakes like my grandmother used to make for us. I bet anything she used Crisco. :)
ReplyDeleteHi there! I saw your comment on Madsnapper's blog and was attracted by your pretty dress, so thought I would pop over. These cookies look delicious, I can almost smell them through the screen. I LOVE this blue glassware!!
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies! The original recipe called for all crisco, but I halved the amount and added real butter to make them softer. My family prefers the softer version and I love butter! This was my first try at adding a document to blogger, hope it works! I love building in blogger!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious and I am SO going to try them. I used to bake cookies often - now not so much. I need to get back to that. Even if WE shouldn't eat them - there are always others to share them with. Hope you and your hubby are feeling better!
ReplyDeleteThese look so yummy. With fall coming, I can't wait to start baking again!!
ReplyDeleteLike that idea of pressing with a wet sugar coated glass bottom on the dough ball.
ReplyDeleteThese sound divine! The sugary coating on top just makes me want to bake cookies now. :)
ReplyDeleteI never thought of baking late at night like that, but it really does sound appealing. To have my kitchen to myself is always a perk! Thanks for sharing this recipe. It looks yummy. It's always good to have a good sugar cookie recipe to use.
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look so good! I haven't baked in so long. Your recipe is tempting me to warm up the oven.
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