Ice Box Sugar Cookies
It's been three years to the day since I shared this recipe on my blog and I still make it all the time! My sweet sister-in-law, Maria, gave me this personalized rolling pin that says “baked by pam”. For it’s inaugural use I had to make my grandmother’s sugar cookie recipe that she wrote on a plain piece of stationery. You make the dough, put it in the fridge, or “ice box” as she called it, roll out, cut, and bake. Ice Box Sugar Cookies 1 ½ cups of butter (softened to room temperature) 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white granulated sugar 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla pinch of salt 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour {1 cup chopped pecans – optional} Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter and both sugars in a large bowl with a mixer. Slowly add eggs, one at a time, mixing as you go. Add in vanilla and salt and mix again. Add flour slowly in ½ cup increments mixing on low speed until all flour is incorporated. Mix for 30 seconds on medium unt