Sugar cookies are so fun to make! Celebrate with this 4th of July Sugar Cookies recipe! These cookies are crazy delicious.
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¾ Cup shortening
2 Cups sugar
¼ Cup milk
2 eggs
¼ Tsp Nutmeg
1 Tsp vanilla
4 Cups Flour
3 Tsp baking powder
Food coloring
Preheat the oven to 375. Mix sugar and shortening until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, milk, nutmeg, and vanilla.
Slowly add the flour and baking powder mix. Mix until combined.
Separate the dough into three balls. Add blue food coloring to one bowl, and red to another keeping the third bowl white.
Roll into balls or cylinder shapes and create shapes, be very creative here, then roll the dough out and cut into shapes.
Roll into balls and create shapes, roll the dough out and cut into shapes. Bake at 375 for about 8 minutes.
To make 4th of July Sugar Cookies, these star cookie cutters are what I used for making the shapes.
If you loved this recipe be sure to check out more recipes like Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
4th of July Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Shortening
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Milk
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1/4 Tsp Nutmeg
- 1 Tsp. Vanilla
- 4 Cups Flour
- 3 Tsp. Baking Powder
- red Food Coloring
- Blue Food Coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375.
- Mix sugar and shortening until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, milk, nutmeg, and vanilla.
- Slowly add the flour and baking powder mix.
- Mix until combined.
- Separate the dough into three balls and put into three bowls
- Add blue food coloring to one bowl, and red to another keeping the third bowl white.
- Roll into balls or cylinder shapes and create shapes, roll the dough out and cut into shapes.
- Bake at 375 for about 8 minutes.
2 Comments
Larita · May 31, 2021 at 6:53 pm
Easy and so much fun with my Grand kids. Happy Independence Day to all.
Kristi · June 10, 2021 at 5:14 pm
Happy Independence day Larita! I am glad you liked the recipe.
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