Heirloom Vanilla Sugar Cookies

Name: Heirloom Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Yield: Makes 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients: ½ cup confectioners’ sugar; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ¼ cup Vanilla Sugar; Coarse rainbow sugar or other decorative sugar, for sprinkling; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 large egg, at room temperature; ½ cup vegetable oil; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon cream of tartar; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 2½ cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes
3 dozen
cookies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Pure Vanilla

By Shauna Sever

Published 2012

About

I’ve been eating these cookies, an old family recipe of my gramma’s, at Christmastime for my entire life. It yields the crispiest of sugar cookies: sandy textured but tender with a gorgeous pale-golden hue that begs for a smattering of colored sugar at holiday time.

Ingredients

2½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon

Vegetarian
Cookies
Christmas

Method

Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. In a mediu