The Best Ever White Sugar Cookies

A family recipe from Mildred Fanning.

Getting ready: 30 min · Cooking: 10 min · Feeds: 48

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup powder sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup corn oil
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. almond extract
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• Cinn-sugar, for rolling
• Choc-stars (optional)

Directions

1. Beat the sugar, powder sugar, butter, corn oil, eggs, almond extract and vanilla well.
2. Mix dry ingredients: flour, soda, salt and cream of tartar.
3. Mix all together and roll in balls size of walnut - roll in a bowl of cinn-sugar mixed.
4. Put on cookie sheet. Press a choc-star in center, or flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar or press with flower mold design from kringle cookie molds on a fry handle.
5. Bake 325 degrees 8-10 min. Only bake till the bottom starts to brown around edges and the cookie is still white, do not over bake.
6. Remove to wire rack to cool. Yields 4 doz.

The story behind it

In memory of my mom, Mildred Fanning.