Best 9 Aunt Neldas Sugar Cookies Recipes

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Aunt Nelda's Sugar Cookies have captivated taste buds for generations, earning a reputation as a timeless classic. These delectable cookies, characterized by their chewy texture and sweet, buttery flavor, have become synonymous with comfort and nostalgia. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, embarking on a culinary journey to recreate Aunt Nelda's Sugar Cookies is an experience that promises to delight your senses and leave you craving more. In this comprehensive guide, we'll delve into the secrets behind these beloved cookies, providing you with step-by-step instructions, expert tips, and all the necessary knowledge to ensure your baking endeavor is a resounding success.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

AUNT NELDA'S SUGAR COOKIES



Aunt Nelda's Sugar Cookies image

This is my great aunt's famous sugar cookie recipe! They're her signature, and she brings them to every family gathering. I know there are a ton of other sugar cookie recipes on Zaar, but I didn't see any quite like this. They're scrumptious! She told me she got them from The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, Hearst Magazines, 1949. The prep time does not include time to chill overnight, and the serving size is an estimate!

Provided by Kree6528

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 30m

Yield 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Measure 3/4 cup sugar into a large bowl.
  • Add oil and stir until well blended.
  • Break eggs into small bowl and beat well with egg beater.
  • Stir, with vanilla flavoring, into shortening mixture.
  • Measure sifted flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt into a flour sifter; sift into a medium bowl.
  • Gradually add flour mixture to shortening mixture, beating with a spoon after each addition.
  • Chill bowl of cookie dough overnight, or until dough can be easily handled.
  • Drop dough by FULL teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheets.
  • Sprinkle with granulated sugar (Omit sugar if cookies will be frosted).
  • Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass.
  • Bake in 350 degree F oven 10-12 minutes or until done.
  • Remove from oven and with broad spatula and slide at once onto rack to cool.
  • NOTE: For cut-out cookies, roll to 1/8” thickness on lightly-floured board.
  • Cookies will be harder than the drop cookies--use flour sparingly.
  • This dough may also be rolled, chilled, and sliced like refrigerator cookies.

OLD SCHOOL SUGAR COOKIES



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Provided by Duff Goldman

Categories     dessert

Time 2h

Yield 36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 22

6 sticks (3 cups) butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 extra-large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for flouring
2 cups cake flour
Royal Icing (with egg whites), recipe follows, for decorating
Royal Icing (with meringue powder), recipe follows, for decorating
Royal Icing (with water), recipe follows, for decorating
Your favorite sprinkles or other edible candy, for decorating
4 cups powdered sugar (approximately)
3 extra-large pasteurized egg whites
1 teaspoon lemon juice
4 cups powdered sugar (approximately)
3 tablespoons meringue powder
5 to 7 tablespoons water
4 cups royal icing powder
1/2 cup water
Food coloring, optional

Steps:

  • In a big bowl, combine the butter, sugar, lemon zest, salt and vanilla and mix until smooth and fluffy. Stir in the baking powder, taking care to mix well. Add the eggs and egg yolk and stir well. Add the flours and gently stir until a smooth ball forms. Wrap the dough in plastic and put in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line a baking sheet (or sheets) with parchment paper (no cooking spray).
  • On a floured surface, roll out tennis ball-size pieces of dough to about 1/4 inch thick and cut out the shapes you want. Lay them on the prepared baking sheet, leaving at least 1/4 inch between each cookie.
  • Bake for 8 minutes, or until lightly golden. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack, then decorate them however you like with Royal Icing and your favorite sprinkles.
  • Using a stand mixer and the whisk attachment, whip most of the powdered sugar with most of the other ingredients. Whip for 5 to 8 minutes, or until the royal icing holds its shape and is bright white (not translucent). If it is too soft, add more powdered sugar. If it is too stiff, add a bit more liquid, drop by drop. If you are using only one color, add a few drops of the color at this point and keep whipping until you have the shade you want; otherwise, proceed to the next step.
  • To store royal icing, the ideal way is to scrape it out of the bowl and into a plastic, disposable piping bag, then leave it at room temperature. Don't cut the bag until you're ready to use the royal icing, and don't overfill the bag--you want enough room to tie the back of the bag off to keep the royal icing airtight. If any air comes into contact with the royal icing, it gets hard and that part of the icing is useless. Never attempt to mix the hard bits back into the royal icing--you'll ruin the whole batch. The other accepted method of storing royal icing is to scrape it into a plastic or ceramic bowl, and cover it with a wet paper towel. This method works, but it wastes both paper towels and royal icing. It's also just annoying. When you're piping small designs, you want to use very small parchment piping bags. It's easy to stick the nose of a large piping bag into a smaller one and extract exactly how much you'll need. When the icing is in a bowl, you have to use a spoon to get it out. The spoon is difficult to get into a piping bag, and you'll keep using spoons and wasting royal icing. Get with the times people. Do it right and don't waste food.

DAISY SHORTBREAD COOKIES



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Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 24 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

3/4 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 pound confectioners' sugar
Yellow white chocolate buttons, for decoration

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and granulated sugar until they are just combined and add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
  • Roll the dough 1/4-inch thick and cut into flower shapes with a cutter. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.
  • For the glaze, place the confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl and add about 4 to 5 tablespoons of water until you have a runny, but not too thick frosting. Spread the glaze to the edge of each cookie and garnish the middle of each cookie with a chocolate button.

AUNT BETZ COOKIES



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Delicious no-bake bar cookies! For variety you can substitute butterscotch chips for chocolate chips.

Provided by GRANDMAFROST

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     No-Bake Cookie Recipes

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
¾ cup butter
2 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups miniature marshmallows
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons peanut butter
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup shredded coconut

Steps:

  • Beat eggs. Combine eggs, sugar, and butter or margarine in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil and let cook on low for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Turn off heat. Add the crumbs, marshmallows and coconut.
  • Spread mixture into a lightly buttered 9x13 inch dish.
  • Melt the chocolate chips and peanut butter together and spread over the top of the bars. Refrigerate overnight. Cut into small squares to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 242.2 calories, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 30.8 mg, Fat 14.4 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 7.2 g, Sodium 118.3 mg, Sugar 22 g

AUNT SIS'S STRAWBERRY TART COOKIES



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Categories     Cookies     Bake     Strawberry     Winter     Gourmet

Yield Makes about 100 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
2 large egg yolks, beaten lightly
1 cup strained strawberry jam

Steps:

  • In a large bowl whisk together the flour, the sugar, and the salt, add the butter, and blend the mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Stir in the egg yolks, blend the mixture until it forms a dough, and chill the dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Let the dough soften slightly, roll level teaspoons of it into balls, and arrange the balls about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Using your thumb, make an indentation in the center of each ball, being careful not to crack the dough around the edges. (If the dough cracks, reroll it and try again.) Fill each indentation with about 1/4 teaspoon of the jam and bake the cookies in batches in the middle of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the edges are pale golden. Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 2 minutes, transfer them to racks, and let them cool completely. The cookies may be made 1 month in advance and kept frozen in airtight containers.

AUNT MARY'S SUGAR COOKIES RECIPE - (4.2/5)



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Provided by HeatherS

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 eggs beaten
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter or margerine
1/2 tablespoon soda dissolved in
3 tablespoons milk
2 cups of flour - then continue to add more flour (probably up to 4 cups) to make a dough that is no longer sticky and easy to roll out.

Steps:

  • On a floured board roll out pieces of fough in a smaller portion so easy to work with. Cut in desired shapes with cookie cutters. Decorated as desired. Using a spatula or flat lifter place on geased cookie sheets and bake about 12 minutes or till lightly browned at 325F.

AUNT ANNIE'S SUGAR COOKIES



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A wonderful vegan sugar cookie. I borrowed this recipe, but can't remember where I got it from. This is the title it came with, though, so thank you to the originator! I originally found it while looking for a recipe for Christmas cut out cookies. This one works great! I have altered it ever so slightly. I like to roll them thin (but not too thin). They get eaten very quickly, especially warm out of the oven. By the way, I'm fully guessing at the yield. It depends on what size cutters you use, and how thin you roll them out. Enjoy!

Provided by TheCookinMom

Categories     Dessert

Time 33m

Yield 48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 3/4 cups sugar
1 cup vegan margarine (I use Earth Balance Spread)
3/4 cup soymilk, with
1 teaspoon vinegar, added (to make sour milk)
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (freshly grated, this ingredient is key to the flavor!)

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg together.
  • In a large bowl, fully cream margarine and sugar together.
  • Add soured milk alternately with the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture.
  • Form dough into a ball, wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
  • Cut the dough into quarters and roll out one quarter at a time (it rolls and cuts the best if it is chilled, so keep the remaining sections in the refrigerator until you're ready to use them).
  • I use a pastry mat to cut my dough out on. I have never had a problem with the dough being sticky, but you can lightly flour your work surface, if necessary (beware that it might change the flavor a bit if you over flour).
  • Transfer the cut out cookies to an ungreased baking sheet. I like to sprinkle a little sugar on the tops of them before baking. My children like to put sprinkles on top first. Or, you can leave them plain and put icing on afterwards. We have too big a sweet tooth here to eat them plain.
  • Bake in a 350°F oven for 7-9 minutes. Do not brown!
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 68.3, Fat 0.2, Sodium 48.2, Carbohydrate 15.5, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 7.3, Protein 1.2

MARY'S SUGAR COOKIES



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A very good sugar cookie with a hint of almond flavor.

Provided by Pat

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Sugar Cookies

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
¼ cup granulated sugar for decoration

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and stir in the vanilla and almond extract. Combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; blend into the creamed mixture. Cover and chill for at least two hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Divide the dough into two parts. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece of the dough out to 3/16 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Sprinkle cookies with plain or colored granulated sugar.
  • Bake for 8 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 126.3 calories, Carbohydrate 16 g, Cholesterol 22.5 mg, Fat 6.4 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.4 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 88.2 mg, Sugar 7.9 g

AUNT IONE'S ICEBOX COOKIES



Aunt Ione's Icebox Cookies image

Whenever we went to visit my Aunt Ione in south Georgia, her icebox cookies were our favorite treat. My mother later make these cookies, and I remember begging for a slice of the raw dough-I thought the unbaked cookies tasted just as great as the baked! -Jenny Hill, Meridianville, Alabama

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 30m

Yield About 17 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 12

6 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups chopped nuts

Steps:

  • Sift together first five ingredients; set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and lemon extract; beat well. Add dry ingredients; mix well. Stir in nuts. , Divide dough into four parts and shape into 11x1-1/2-in. rolls. Wrap in foil and chill overnight. , Slice cookies 3/8 in. thick. Bake on greased baking sheets at 350° for about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 92 calories, Fat 5g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 16mg cholesterol, Sodium 57mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.

Tips:

  • Use unsalted butter at room temperature. This will help the cookies spread evenly and prevent them from being too greasy.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help incorporate air into the dough, making the cookies light and airy.
  • Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This will help the cookies hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
  • Bake the cookies at a high temperature for a short amount of time. This will help the cookies get crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before storing them. This will help them keep their shape and prevent them from becoming too soft.

Conclusion:

Aunt Neld's sugar cookies are a classic recipe that is sure to please everyone. They are easy to make and can be decorated in a variety of ways. Whether you are making them for a special occasion or just for a quick snack, these cookies are sure to be a hit.

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