Grandma's Soft Sugar Cookies

By mrsjorn

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp lemon extract
• 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• Garnish: additional sugar, raisins

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Beat together sugars, butter and shortening until fluffy. Beat in eggs and extracts. In a separate bowl sift together remaining ingredients except buttermilk and garnish. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, alternating with buttermilk; mix well. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 1/2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sugar; press a raisin in the center of each cookie. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until golden. Cool on wire racks

For pretty stained glass sugar cookies, use a mini cookie cutter to cut out a window in each cookie. Fill with crushed hard candy and bake at 300 degrees for 10 minutes or until candy is melted