Mom's Mazola Sugar Cookies

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  • Number of Servings: 18
Ingredients
2 C. sifted flour1 1/4 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp salt1/3 C Mazola corn oil (any vegetable oil is fine, not olive oil)3/4 C sugar1 tsp. vanilla1 egg, plus enough milk to make 1/3 cup.
Directions
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into bowl. Add oil; blend well with fork or pastry blender. Mixture will appear dry. Beat sugar, vanilla, and egg-milk mixture together until light and fluffy. Stir this into the flour mixture and mix thoroughly. Chill about 1 hour.

Roll chilled dough out 1/4 inch thick onto floured board or cloth. Cut with cookie cutters into desired shapes; decorate with nuts, colored sugar, candied cherries, etc. Bake at 375 for ~8 minutes or until pale golden or very light brown at edges and bottom. Baking time may vary depending on your oven.

Makes roughly 3 dozen cookies depending on the size. One serving is 2 cookies.

Number of Servings: 18

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLUETABBY.

Servings Per Recipe: 18
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 124.2
  • Total Fat: 4.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 12.0 mg
  • Sodium: 70.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
  • Protein: 1.8 g

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