Grandma Amicos Buttermilk Sugar Cookie Cutouts Recipes

MOM'S BUTTERMILK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until edges are lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For frosting, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread over cookies; if desired, sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

GRANDMA'S BUTTERMILK SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2. Mix sugar and eggs very well. Then add buttermilk and baking powder, blend well.
• 3. Next, add baking soda and flour, mixing well. Stir in Crisco until blended.
• 4. Place in refrigerator and chill.
• 5. Roll cookies into 1/4 inch thickness and cut to desired shape.
• 6. Place cookies on baking sheet and bake on bottom rack until puffy (about 8 min.), then place baking sheet on upper rack for 2 to 3 minutes until browned.
• 7. Let cool and turn onto platter.

GRANDMA'S CUTOUT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add first egg while continuing to beat, incorporating the egg fully before adding the second and beating fully into the mixture. Beat vanilla extract and almond extract into the mixture with the third egg.
• Stir flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to the wet mixture and beat just until the wet and dry combine into a cookie dough. Shape dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll dough out onto a flour-dusted surface and cut with cookie cutters. Arrange cut cookies onto baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven until beginning to brown around edges, 6 to 8 minutes.