Many years ago while I was
visiting my brother and family in Minnesota, my five-year-old niece was
starting to go stir crazy because it had been raining for two or three days
straight. My sister-in-law handed me a Sesame Street things-do-when-it's-raining book and asked
me to please find something in it that would amuse the child. My niece
immediately opened the book to the Cookie Monster's baking project.
I tried to talk her out of
it -- I was sure it would be a complete waste of good butter, sugar and flour
-- but she was adamant, so we made the cookies. And they were the best sugar cookies I ever had.
For anyone interested, here's the recipe:
3/4 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1
teaspoon vanilla
2-1/2
cups flour
1
teaspoon baking powder
1
teaspoon salt
Cream margarine and sugar
together. Add eggs and vanilla and blend well. Gradually
add dry ingredients. Chill dough at least 1 hour.
Roll to 1/4" thickness and
cut out. Place on ungreased cookies sheet.
Bake at 400° for 6 to 8
minutes.
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