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| Glenda's Super Delicious Sugar Cookies |
Faithful readers will recall that I have mentioned choir
treats several times – both the yumminess when other people bring them, and the
psychological trauma involved when I bring them. They can be a delight on the one hand, and an ordeal on the
other. On Sunday mornings during
our first years in the choir, Rebecca and I would get up and check the treats
calendar, and then decide whether we needed to eat a good breakfast or if we
could depend on the treat provider of the day to provide well. Once, I told Rebecca that it was *****
bringing the treats, and so we had better eat a good breakfast. “She'll probably bring a packet of
Lorna Doones,” I said. Now, I love
Lorna Doone cookies, but one packet will not feed a sixty person choir. When we got there, we were convulsed
with laughter. She had actually
brought a packet of Lorna Doones.
And nothing else. I recall
that that year, my friend Glenda had brought, among other things, a big plate
of home-made sugar cookies and some sliced cucumbers spears. I thought that these were odd things to
bring for breakfast, but the sugar cookies were the best I had ever eaten. I am sure that I made a real piggy of
myself. And the cucumbers (the
odder part,) were the perfect thing for throats needing solace from an hour of
hearty singing. They were divinely
delicious. Ever since, on my treat
day, I have included cucumber spears.
And I always think of Glenda as I prepare them. After choir that Sunday, I was going on
and on about Glenda’s sugar cookies, and Rebecca looked a little
crestfallen. I asked what the
matter was, and she said that she thought I didn’t like that sort of cookie,
and so had never made them, although they were a fave of hers too.
Well, a week or two ago, I was thrilled to see that Glenda had
brought her sugar cookies again, although no cucumbers. I ate the lioness’s share and was
thrilled to get the recipe, which Glenda has said I may share with you. Triple Yum!
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| Glenda and I chose the same color one Sunday. |
Glenda’s Sugar Cookies (updated per Glenda Nov 29)
2 cups flour (256 g)
½ tsp soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp vanilla
1 cup sugar (200 g)
1 cup shortening (226 g) – Glenda used butter flavored – I used half
Crisco and half butter
2 eggs
Preheat the oven to 350°
Whisk the dry ingredients together. Beat the sugar and shortening (or butter) till fluffy, and
then beat in the eggs and vanilla.
Mix in the dry ingredients, and then form teaspoon fulls of dough into little balls and place on an ungreased or silpatted cookie sheet.
Flatten the cookie dough balls with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar, and bake
for 12 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown. Put the finished product on a rack to cool, and then eat up!
This recipe seems like it would lend itself to many flavor options - a bit of lemon extract, orange extract, or even peppermint extract. I would definitely skip the peppermint, but there are many who might like it.
This recipe seems like it would lend itself to many flavor options - a bit of lemon extract, orange extract, or even peppermint extract. I would definitely skip the peppermint, but there are many who might like it.
4 comments:
I am going to make these this instant!, maybe I will bring them for treats for the EM's also (We are so envious of the choir treat days)
What a cute photo of you and Glenda. The pink cougars.
Thanks to the 'pretty in pink' ladies for sharing this yummy looking cookie recipe!
How kind of Glenda (and you!) to share this recipe. The cookies themselves look very much like an old wartime recipe of my mother's called Shrewsbury Biscuits. The only difference I can tell is that Shrewsbury Biscuits have a few dried currants thrown in.
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