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Sweet-as-Sugar Cookies Recipe

I brought these wonderful crunchy cookies to our summer family reunion, and men, women and children alike devoured them...then begged for the recipe!

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Sweet-as-Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min.

Yield: 30 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
4-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Additional sugar
Nutmeg

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter, sugars and oil. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add dry ingredients and vanilla; mix well. Refrigerate dough overnight.
Form into walnut-size balls and place on greased baking sheets. Combine sugar and nutmeg; dip glass in mixture and flatten cookies with it. Bake at 375° for 8 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Yield: about 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 229 calories, 14 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 187 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Sweet-as-Sugar Cookies in Grandma's Great Desserts Cookbook , p55