Cracked Sugar Cookies

Cracked Sugar Cookies

This is a family favorite sugar cookie recipe handed down to me from my mom. When my husband was deployed to Iraq, he was always excited to receive a box of these in the mail. I always make sure to watch these closely and take them out of the oven before they brown. If they brown, they will end up too hard and crunchy.

Preparation Time
20 mins
Cooking Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Calories
128 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
Step 2
Beat 2 cups sugar, butter, and vegetable oil with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add egg yolks one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Sift flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt into the egg yolk mixture; stir. Stir in vanilla extract. Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls.
Step 3
Spread 1/4 cup sugar onto a flat surface. Roll the balls of dough in sugar to coat. Arrange onto baking sheets spaced at least 2 inches apart.
Step 4
Bake in preheated oven cooked in the middle, but not yet browned, about 15 minutes.
Cracked Sugar Cookies
Cracked Sugar Cookies
Cracked Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • ¼ cup white sugar, for rolling

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