Trail Blazer

Sugar Cookies

Blue Ribbon Alaska State Fair 2004

Our neighbor Margie makes some really delicious cookies. She says the recipe makes 7 dozen cookies but the recipe can easily be cut in half. Some seven years ago she clipped the recipe from a regional Oregon newspaper and, as you can see, has been perfecting the recipe ever since.

After some urging, she entered the cookies in the local fair and was rewarded with a blue ribbon.
Preparation: about an hour Life Experience Recipe
Makes: 7 dozen cookies Marjorie Galinski
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup granulated sugar, plus additional for coating
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 cup powered sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
Frosting Ingredients:
  • 1 cup powered sugar
  • 2 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoon milk
  1. Cookies: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Beat until fluffy granulated and powered sugars, margarine, oil, eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Beat well.
  3. With a teaspoon drop dough onto a cookie sheet. Dip bottom of a glass into the additional granulated sugar press to flatten cookie.
  4. Bake cookies 10 minutes or until they develop a slight color around the edges. Cookies should not be brown.
  5. Dough will be very soft but can be rolled out; be sure to be generous with your rolling flour. Bake as normal.
  6. Frosting: Mix until smooth. Icing will dry very hard and be somewhat glossy.
  7. Makes about 1 cup

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Latest revision done September 2005