Papa's Sugar Cookies Recipe

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“My grandchildren love these sugar cookies.” These crisp cookies will melt in your mouth. Their subtle macadamia nut, cinnamon and orange peel flavors go perfectly together. —Lee Doverspike, North Ridgeville, Ohio

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Papa's Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 96 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons butter flavoring
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup ground macadamia nuts
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Additional granulated sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, beat the butter, oil and sugars until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the butter flavoring, orange peel and vanilla.
Combine the flour, nuts, baking soda, salt, cream of tartar and cinnamon; gradually add to butter mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Roll into 1-in. balls, then roll in additional sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a glass dipped in additional sugar.
Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks. Yield: 8 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 82 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 60 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Papa's Sugar Cookies in Taste of Home August/September 2009, p49