Drop Sugar Cookies

Growing up I remember baking cookies with my mom and sister every Christmas, dozens and dozens of cookies. One of my favorite cookies to make is drop sugar cookies, I know a lot of people are fond of the rolled sugar cookies that you stamp out with cookie cutters but I have never been a huge fan of eating them - just decorating them. Drop sugar cookies are to me just as fun, you get to stamp them down with a glass that is dipped in butter and colored sugar. My mom got a recipe out of the Baltimore Sun by Mary Gurry for Drop Sugar Cookies that very closely matched a recipe of her Mother's from her childhood and we adapted it by dropping 1 stick of butter (yes it really did call for 4 whole sticks of butter to begin with!) believe me you won't miss it! This year my mom and I made cookies and these were my favorite of them all.



Drop Sugar Cookies: Makes approx 5-6 dozen (we got just shy of 6 doz)

3 Sticks Butter, Softened
2C Sugar
2 Eggs
2tsp Baking Soda
4C Flour
2tsp Cream of Tartar
2tsp Vanilla Extract
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Butter & Colored Sugar

Mix the butter, sugar, eggs and baking soda together until well blended and let it sit for 10 minutes. Mix in the remaining ingredients (flour, cream of tartar and vanilla). Drop 1TB spoonfuls onto an un-greased cookie sheet - make sure to keep plenty of room between the cookies as they will expand a lot. Take a glass with a flat bottom and take a little bit of butter and rub it over the bottom of the glass, then dip the glass into a dish of colored sugar, then gently and evenly press down on the cookie until it is approx 1/4" thick. Repeat with the remaining cookies on the sheet. Bake at 350° approximately 5-7 minutes, until the edges start to brown (cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of your cookies). Remove from the oven and let them sit for 2-3 minutes then remove to a cookie rack or piece of wax paper on a counter to cool. ENJOY!

Tips: If you don't want to buy specialty colored sugars you can either use just plain white sugar, or you can put some white sugar in a bowl, add a could drops of food coloring and with a fork work it into the sugar to dye it - we did this as mom was out of the pre-made colored sugars.

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WW: 2 Points Plus / cookie (at 6 doz/batch)
5 Points Plus / 2 cookies (at 6 doz/batch)