@Snicks1 wrote:
@lork wrote:
I think you will be happy with this recipe. Plain Janes are soft, sugar topped sugar cookies that seem to get better with time. Hope you like them as much as my family does. . .
PLAIN JANES
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs, beaten well
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
3 to 4 cups flour
a pinch of mace (optional)
additional sugar
Mix soda into sour cream; set aside. Cream sugar and shortening together, beat in eggs and vanilla, and sour cream mixture. While mixing, add baking powder, salt, Mace and flour. Cover and chill for several hours or overnight. On well floured board, roll dough out to 1/4", and cut with your favorite cookie cutters. Place cookies on oiled cookie sheet, sprknkle with additional sugar and bake at 350 degrees until just doen on the bottom of cookies. (Don't overbake!). Remove from hot cookie sheets and allow to cool on waxed paper. Store in tightly covered container. You don't have to add the mace, but I do, because our youngest son's name is MACE!
@lork, these cookies sound delicious. Can they be frosted instead of sprinkling the tops with sugar? Thanks so much.
snicks, Plain Janes are soft and really lend themselves to a sugar topping. I have never frosted them (but they're a family favorite). When I want to decorate/fost sugar cookies, I bake THE BEST SUGAR COOKIES. It took me absolutely years to find this recipe and it's a real keeper. Of course kids love decorated cookies, as do all of my children. I try to bake them for every holiday, as I have a major investment in cookie cutters/sprinkles!
THE BEST SUGAR COOKIES
3 eggs, separated
1 cup melted margarine (not butter)
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tablespoons baking powder
Beat egg whites till stiff and set aside (I pile them on a plate). Beat egg yolks until creamy; gently combine with the egg whites. Add melted margarine, sugar and vanilla. Beat. Sift dry ingredients together and mix in. Cover and chill. Roll dough on floured board about 1/4" thick and cut as wished. Bake on oiled cookie sheets for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool. Decorate as you like. I frost with buttercream icing and store in frig. These cookies are very good for cutting and produce a thick, cake like cookie with a butter flavor.
BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
1/2 cup soft butter
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
*1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
5-6 Tablespoons milk
Whip all ingredients together until light and fluffy; produces about 3 cups of icing. *Other flavorings might include almond, lemon, orange or peppermint extract, peanut butter or cocoa. Add desired food coloring and/or sprinkles.
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