Refrigerator Cookies

This refrigerator cookie recipe is made with shortening, sugar, eggs, and flour and keeps well in the freezer for several months.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 104 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.33333334326744 cup colored sugar for decoration

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.

Step 2

Stir together shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a separate large bowl. Mix in flour mixture with your hands until well blended.

Step 3

Divide dough into 3 parts; shape each part into a cylinder, 1 1/2 inches in diameter and about 7 inches long. Roll cylinders in colored sugar. Chill, covered, in the refrigerator for several hours to overnight.

Step 4

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.

Step 5

Cut cylinders into 1/4-inch slices and place on the prepared baking sheets.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.