Grown-up Sugar Cookies are a wonderful old fashioned cookie, that are often called Angel Crisp Cookies.
The beauty of these cookies is that they are light but crisp, and will hold their shape when dunked in a beverage.
Grown-Up Sugar Cookies
A light but crisp cookie which you can dunk in your favourite beverage
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter - at room temperature
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla
- sugar for dipping
Instructions
- Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
- If the butter is not at room temperature, microwave it for 1 minute at the lowest setting. If it is still a little hard, continue to microwave 10 seconds at the lowest setting, until it is room temperature soft.
- Cream together the butter and shortening. Gradually add the brown sugar, then white sugar until smooth. Blend in the egg and vanilla
- Stir in the dry ingredients until well combined.
- Use a teaspoon to get enough dough. Then shape into 1 inch balls. I like to roll a cookie sheet worth of balls (12) at a time
- Roll each ball in white sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Using your pointer finer and middle finger, gently push down a little on the cookie.
- Bake at 375℉ (convection oven) or 400℉ (regular oven) for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly golden. Cool on parchment paper or a cookie rack.
Notes
These cookies keep well in a cookie tin on the counter for several weeks (if they last that long!)