The Official Icon Sugar Cookie now out of the oven
The Official Icon Sugar Cookie
(And we even omitted 1 cup of sugar from the original recipe)
Suddenly the cookie urge struck. The urge said: "Simple cookie any old dolt can create and make it quick." This is how the Official Icon Sugar Cookie was born. Heck, we probably shouldn't fit in it the sugar cookie ranks. It has more flour than sugar. Maybe it should be the Offical White Flour Cookie.
Here goes:
1/2 cup butter (this means one stick)
1/2 cup oil
1 cup sugar (nope, you don't need more than that; probably could go with even less!)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 egg yokes
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cup white flour
• Mix the butter, oil, eggs and vanilla. Try for 30 seconds on medium speed.
• Mix the dry ingredients
• Pour the two together and mix for another minute
• Roll the batter into 1-inch balls (smaller than a golf ball)
• Place balls on oil-sprayed cookie tray (we used three sheets)
• Keep the balls them about 2 inches apart
• Bake for 15 minutes
• Turn oven to 350
The trick is to figure out if they are done in 15 minutes. They have a tendency to look not quite done. If you wait too long they burn.
Remove from oven, let cool and attact when ready.
This method created 30 cookies. Of course, some were small and other large. Within 30 minutes of mixing the ingredients you may down the cookies.
Coffee or milk is recommended.
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Friday, September 11, 2026
- Mennonite Home Communities provide backup phone numbers during outage
- Pirate volleyball wins in four vs. Elmwood
- Howard Thornsberry worked in the produce industry
- Pirate girls soccer silenced by Bath
- Pirate boys soccer nipped by Liberty-Benton
- September 11 Bluffton High School athletics lineup, streaming
- Sept. 12 Open Doors offers sneak peek at future Bluffton museum space
- Innovation Forum challenges leaders to think deeper about AI
- Invitation to Sept 15 Bluffton Lions program with Dr. William H. Kose
- Deer archery hunting begins Sept. 12 in Disease Surveillance Area
Thursday, September 10, 2026
- Women in Business program with Positive Nutrition
- It's time for Fall Storytime at the Bluffton Public Library
- Pirate girls golf win vs. Lima Central Catholic
- Pirate boys golf splits NWC tri
- Bluffton PTO is collecting Community Markets receipts
- Richland Twp. trustees hire mower and Zoning Inspector
- Schumacher Homestead plans a farm full of Fall Fest activities
- Hindsight is 20/20: Recent reports for RSV, flu, and COVID-19
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Darrell Lee Diller, 92, managed a farming business
- Bluffton alumni will discuss pathways to chaplaincy
- Beaverdam cleanup day is Sept. 12
- Pirate boys golf 3rd at NWC quad
- Pirate volleyball outlasts Arlington
- Pirate girls soccer blanks Crestview
- Pirate boys soccer tie vs. Kalida
- Letter: The future of American agriculture
- Maple Grove Cemetery records now online
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Bluffton Historical meets Sept. 9 at the 1899 Depot
- Jerry L. Blosser worked for DTR Industries
- Bluffton Schools cancelled on September 8, cleanup for biodigester malfunction underway
- July 2026 Bluffton Police Dept. activity report
- Hillville Rd. closure on Sept. 8-9
- Lions and friends will count pathway users in September
- Bluffton Ohio Historical Society takes part in Ohio Open Doors, Sept. 12