This Eydie’s Sugar Cookies recipe comes from a handwritten card filed under Cookies in My Mom’s Recipe Box. Its original ingredient order, use of “oleo,” brief directions, temperature, and baking time are preserved here as written.
Original Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 sticks oleo
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 4 c. flour
Directions
Mix till flour mix can be rolled. Roll out, cut cookies bake on greased cookie sheet at 375° for 8-10 mins.
Preservation Notes
This recipe is preserved on a handwritten card in blue ink. The flowing cursive title and compact ingredient list and directions remain visible as scanned, along with the card’s light aging and large blank lower area.
Notes From the Original
The card uses the word “oleo” and does not specify a rolling thickness, cookie-cutter size, or yield. Those details have not been modernized, completed, or inferred.
About My Mom’s Recipe Box
This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.
