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

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

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.