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Sugar Cookies
I didn't create this recipe. I went to a pig roast once and they had these cookies out. I had a few and immediately liked them so much I was running around asking who made them.... I found a nice older lady who took credit, and I said they were great and I wanted the recipe and that I'd pay her for it. I got an envelope and wrote my address on it, and put a dollar in it for postage, and a few days later I got my envelope back with a copy of the recipe and my dollar back!
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2C sugar
3 eggs
1C shortening
1C buttermilk
4 1/2 C flour
1 t vanilla
1 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
Beat sugar, eggs, and shortening together.
Add 1/2 C buttermilk and 3 + 1/2 C flour. Mix.
Add vanilla and mix thoroughly.
Add remaining flour (1C), baking powder, baking soda, and remaining 1/2C buttermilk. Beat.
Drop from large spoon on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar before baking.
Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes (it took 12 for me in a convection oven) or until lightly brown.