Scarlett's Best Ever Sugar Cookies

These cookies will melt in your mouth! For pecan snickerdoodles, I drop them in large teaspoons and flatten with a glass dipped in cinnamon sugar.

• Preparation Time: 16 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 26 mins
• Calories: 160 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration
• 2 egg
• 4 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C ).

Step 2

In a large bowl, cream together sugar, butter, and oil. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the pecans. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Place balls onto ungreased sheet. Press each ball down with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. (Find a glass with a decorative bottom to give cookies a pattern.)

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.