MELT IN YOUR MOUTH SUGAR COOKIES #64

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH SUGAR COOKIES #64 from Better Homes and Gardens 100 Best Cookies periodical 2010

This is absolutely the best way to make sugar cookies in my opinion. They are so good that I have made them once for the blog, had to give them away because I kept eating them and then baked them again this week because I was craving them. Again, I had to give them away or I would have eaten all 45 of them!

1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
Colored and or coarse sugar-optional-(highly recommended)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl combine butter and shortening. Beat with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt. Beat until combined, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla until combined. Beat in flour.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls. If desired, roll balls in colored sugar. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet (I used parchment lined baking sheets)

Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 14 minutes or unti edges are set (do not let sides get browned). Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Transfer cookies to a wire rack, cool. Makes about 48 cookies -mine made 45.