Ice Box Cookies (no Nuts)

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sugar or 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix together: butter, vegetable oil, 1 c sugar, and 1 c confectioner sugar.
• 2 add one egg at a time to mixture and beat (add food coloring now if you want colored cookies).
• 3 add remaining ingredients: flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda.
• 4 after all ingredients are mixed together. use wax paper or plastic wrap, roll dough into logs (about 1.5" in diameter)- i make about 3 logs. freeze at least 2 hours, can keep in the freezer for up to a week.
• 5 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 6 remove the dough from freezer, cut dough into 1/4" to 1/2" thick cookies, roll in sugar (confectioner or granulated, color or not). placed 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes until cookies are cooked, but not brown. remove cookies from cookie sheet, cool on racks. enjoy! these cookies keep well in air tight containers and stays crispy.