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Diane's Sugar Cookies

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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation5 minutes
Cooking12 minutes
Ready In25 minutes
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Ingredients

3 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose sifted
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 6oz sweet butter cubed
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups sugar granulated
2 eggs
1 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 large lemon grated

Directions

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.

Cream butter, sugar, sour cream, lemon peel and beat well.

Add eggs, one at a time, and then milk.

Gradually, add the sifted dry ingredients, scraping the bowl as necesary with a rubber spatula and beating only until thoroughly mixed.

Divide dough into 2 halves.

Wrap each batch with foil or plastic wrap and chill in refirgerator for 3 hours or longer.

Do not place dough in freezer.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place one batch of dough on lightly floured pastry cloth.

Turn dough to flour all sides and roll out to desired thickness.

For very large cookies, 1/4-inch. Cut the cookeis as you wish.

Transfer cooies to ungreased cookie sheets. If cookies are large and thick, place at least 2 inches apart.

Sprinkle the tops of the cookies generously with granulated sugar.

Bake until the cookies are lightly browned.

Large, thick cookies will need to bake for 10-12 minutes.

Transfer cookies to racks for cooling.

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I have been looking for this recipe for a while now it is great with meat or cheeses. it is one recipe everyone should have in thier file for entertaining or just a very tasty compliment to a meat tray or cheese and veggie dish