Grandma's Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter or 1 lb margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 lightly grease cookie sheet.
• 3 (treadwell prefers to spray with commercial nonstick spray.) cream butter and sugar well.
• 4 add eggs and vanilla.
• 5 add 2 cups flour, then soda, salt and cream of tartar.
• 6 add remaining 2 cups flour.
• 7 drop generous tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet.
• 8 butter bottom of flat-bottomed glass.
• 9 dip glass bottom into sugar; flatten cookie dough.
• 10 bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until very lightly brown.