Old-Fashioned Soft Cookies

9 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 c. sifted flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 c. soft butter
  • 1/2 c. buttermilk or sour milk
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 egg white

Directions

  1. 1
    Sift together first 3 ingredients.
  2. 2
    Mix butter, sugar and egg yolk until fluffy.
  3. 3
    Mix in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk; then mix in vanilla.
  4. 4
    Fold in egg white, beaten stiff. Drop by tablespoonfuls 3 inches apart onto greased cookie sheet. Flatten with spatula to 1/2 inch thickness.
  5. 5
    Bake until golden brown in 350° oven about 15 minutes.
  6. 6
    Yields 18 cookies.

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