Cookbook:Grannie Gilbert's Sugar Cookies

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| Cuisine of Ontario | Cookies

Grannie Gilbert's Sugar Cookies are a recipe of sugar cookies running with the Gilbert women of Ontario, Canada for more than 100 years. No one knows where the recipe started, but it's been that way as long as any can recall with no real change. These cookies are very popular in Ontario and can be found in many bakeries.

Ingredients

• 2-3 cups (250-375 g) of flour
• 2 teaspoons (10 g) of baking powder
• 1 cup (200 g) of sugar
• 1 cup (230 g) of shortening/butter
• a pinch of salt
• vanilla
• 3 eggs

Procedure

1. In a large bowl beat eggs lightly to break the yolks as one would for scrambled eggs, then mix in the shortening. Soften the butter before hand if you must by heating it a little.
2. The shortening/egg mixture should be loose, add the sugar, mix well then add the salt to the liquid mixture.
3. Add the baking powder then slowly add the flour as needed to reach a proper doughy state, you may not need all of the flour, or may even need a little more based on your eggs and how closely you measured.
4. Make balls and place onto a pan then into an oven heated to 175°C (350°F) and let bake for between 15-20 minutes.

Notes, tips, and variations

• Feel free to switch out half the sugar with another sweet item, like honey.
• Using three tablespoons of cocoa powder one can get a slight chocolate flavour to the cookie, without being overtly chocolatey.
• Try adding chocolate chips to it.