Recipe 47

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Recipe name and category: Dutch’s Sugar Cookies

No. of servings: 3-4 dozen

Preparation time: 30 minutes prep

Recipe ingredients and directions:

½ lb butter

½ cup superfine sugar

2 cups sifted flour

Cream together butter, sugar and flour. Roll dough into a log and refrigerate several hours or overnight. When ready to bake preheat oven to 250˚. Slice cookie dough into ¼ inch discs and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake until just slightly golden. When removing them from the cookie sheet coat the tops in more superfine sugar then put on a rack to cool. These cookies will keep a long time in an airtight container.

Recipe source: an older gentleman named Dutch

Recipe anecdote: This recipe is easy enough to be prepared with young children or by older children. This has long been a staple of our friends and families is consistently requested.