Delicious and easy drop sugar cookie!
Ingredients
- shortening: 0.5 cup
- white sugar: 1 cup
- egg: 1 piece
- buttermilk: 0.75 cup
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- baking soda: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Cream together the shortening and the sugar. Stir in the egg, buttermilk and vanilla.
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Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and stir to combine. Chill dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. If desired sprinkle tops of cookies with white sugar before baking.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
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Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 7 to 9 minutes or until set.