Mom's Rolled Sugar Cookies

These cookies are great rolled out or you can put them through the bar cookie disc of a cookie press to make thin cookies. (Using a cookie press is much faster than rolling them out.)

• Calories: 182 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 4 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs. Sift dry ingredients 3 times; combine thoroughly with egg mixture. Add vanilla.

Step 3

Roll in waxed paper and store in refrigerator to chill thoroughly.

Step 4

Roll out dough very thin on well-floured board; cut with cookie cutter. Bake on greased cookie sheets for 6 - 10 minutes.