recipe: sugar cookies

had to go to a lil tot's birthday, so i needed a kiddie-friendly desert. i really enjoy a good sugar cookie, but it's not a cookie that i gorge myself on. since i'm re-trying to eat better, it seemed selfishly like a perfect dessert. haven't make sugar cookies in forever and honestly forgot what my go-to recipe(s) were for it, so i snagged one off allrecipes.com - appropriately named Sugar Cookies.

ingredients list:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 & 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- sprinkles, food coloring, or whatever you will be 'decoring with

to make: in a medium mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening, and sugar. add egg and vanilla, and mix until combined. combine flour, baking powder & baking soda, and gradually add to the creamed mixture.

mother of god i love sprinkles

either: 1) shape into 1-inch balls and roll into sugar or sprinkles, then place on prepared baking sheet, and flatten with a glass; or 2) divide dough in half, and add food coloring to one half. roll out into two long rectangles, then stack one sheet of dough onto the other. carefully roll into a long tube, then add sprinkes to the outside of the 'tube' (to do this put dough on waxed paper, pour on sprinkles, then keep rolling the dough around until covered). refrigerate for at least an hour before slicing and placing on the prepared baking sheet; OR 3) cookie cutter it!

bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
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rating: yummy! this is a solid sugar cookie recipe... nice & crispy and just sugary enough. 7.5*******~.