Stress+Cravings= Sugar Cookies

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When I am stressed, I eat. Not only do I eat, but I have cravings. Since starting grad school, I have used these cravings and turned them into opportunities to procrastinate writing papers. It seems to be working. 

Needless to say, I was stressed with going back and forth between two papers, and I wanted a way out.  

I wanted to eat. I wanted to eat sugar. I wanted to eat cookies. I wanted to eat sugar cookies. I had all almost all ingredients. I was missing eggs. What's a girl to do? Improvise. 

I made sugar cookies without eggs. 

Here's how: 

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Oven
• Cookie sheets
• Parchment paper
• Mixing bowl
• Measuring cup
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup shortening or butter
• Electric mixer
• 1 cup milk
• Measuring spoons
• 1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• Spatula
• Cooling rack

1. • 1
     Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
   • 2
     Line cookie sheets with parchment paper for an easy clean-up.
   • 3
     Put 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of solid shortening or butter into a mixing bowl. Beat together with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
   • 4
     Pour 1 cup milk into a measuring cup. Add 1 1/2 tbsp. of lemon juice. This is called "soured milk" and is a common substitute for buttermilk. Add the soured milk to the mixing bowl.
   • 5
     Add 2 cups flour and combine well.
   • 6
     Place 1 tsp. each of salt, baking powder, baking soda and vanilla to the sugar cookie dough mixture.
   • 7
     Mix the dough well until all of the ingredients are incorporated.
   • 8
     Use a teaspoon to measure out the sugar cookies. Roll into balls with your hands and place on the cookie sheet. Sprinkle additional sugar on top of each cookie if you wish.
   • 9
     Bake cookies for about eight minutes or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden brown. Remove from the cookie sheets with a spatula and cool on a wire cooling rack.