Slice And Bake Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups margarine, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 6 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream margarine and sugar together, beat in eggs, vanilla and lemon extract till light and fluffy --
• 2 in seperate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and cinnamon --
• 3 gradually stir flour mixture into egg mixture, until blended.divide dough into 4 equal pieces -- shape each piece into an 8x10 roll --
• 4 wrap each roll in wax paper or plastic wrap -- , freeze, wrap each frozen dough in aluminum foil and again with these printed instructions.when i make them for gifts for friends.i like to overwrap the aluminum foil with fabric for the holidays --
• 5 instructions:.
• 6 store dough in refrigerator till ready to bake --
• 7 cut chilled dough into 1/4" slices.place on lightly greased cookie sheets.
• 8 bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes or edges are golden.
• 9 each roll makes about 3 dozen -- i cut mine a little thicker.so it will be less.grandchildren like to decorate these as well -- so grandma always includes colored sugars.