Sugar Cookie 2009 - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup cold butter
1/2 cup Crisco
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs, large yolks only
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
decorating red and green sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven 300 degrees.
Line flat no sided cookie sheets with parchment.
Cream butter and crisco until mixed only about 40 seconds
Add in the sugar just til blended.
Add in the soda, and salt, and cream of tartar.
Add in the vanilla.
Add in the yolks.
Add in the flour, and just blend until a dough comes together.
Roll into balls a little bigger than a hazel nut, but smaller than a walnut.
Roll into coloured sugar.
Place onto parchment two inches apart.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes.
The 12 minutes mark seems to be the one everyone here has good results with.
Dont let cookies brown on edges, but golden light bottoms.
They are still puffy looking when taken from the oven.