Help me with this recipe, please.

[CharlieD]

Sugar Cookies


5 lbs. shortening
10 c sugar, 4# 11
2 ½ c easy eggs
2 Tbsps. vanilla extract
…….

20 c flour, 5# 13
5 tsps. cream of tartar, ¾ oz.
5 tsps. salt, ½ oz.

Combine together dry ingredients, set aside.
Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs and vanilla, mix well. Scrape bowl and mix again.
Add dry ingredients and mix well.
When ready to bake, dip each cookie in coarse sugar, either blue or regular.
Bake 16 minutes at 300 degrees f., until lightly brown at the edges.
Yield 11 dozen, 2 oz. cookies.


I am not sure where I got this recipe, but I found in my files folder. Couple of questions. First: what are those ##? 4# 11 and the 5# 13? Would anybody have any idea?

Second.This is obviously a commercial recipe. Can someone help me scale down to maybe a dozen or two cookies.

Thank you in advance.

 

[jennyema]

# means pounds


e.g., 20 cups of flour = 5 lbs of flour


Why not just look up a good home recipe rather than scale down a commercial one?


http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ultimate-sugar-cookies-51205370

 

[Silversage]

Sugar Cookies


5 lbs. shortening
10 c sugar, 4# 11
2 ½ c easy eggs
2 Tbsps. vanilla extract
…….

20 c flour, 5# 13
5 tsps. cream of tartar, ¾ oz.
5 tsps. salt, ½ oz.

Combine together dry ingredients, set aside.
Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs and vanilla, mix well. Scrape bowl and mix again.
Add dry ingredients and mix well.
When ready to bake, dip each cookie in coarse sugar, either blue or regular.
Bake 16 minutes at 300 degrees f., until lightly brown at the edges.
Yield 11 dozen, 2 oz. cookies.


I am not sure where I got this recipe, but I found in my files folder. Couple of questions. First: what are those ##? 4# 11 and the 5# 13? Would anybody have any idea?

Second.This is obviously a commercial recipe. Can someone help me scale down to maybe a dozen or two cookies.

Thank you in advance.

For approximately 2 dozen...

1 lb shortening
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup eggs (probably about 2-3, depending on the size of your eggs)
1 1/4 tsp vanilla (or a tad more)

4 cups flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt.

 

[CharlieD]

thank you.

 

[menumaker]

Honestly CharlieD, I wouldn't go there. Too complicated to bother with. I agree with Jennyema and find another cookie recipe more to your requirements

 

[GotGarlic]

Honestly CharlieD, I wouldn't go there. Too complicated to bother with. I agree with Jennyema and find another cookie recipe more to your requirements

Silversage already did the math

 

[karen20]

Bit full on for cookies, to make less just half all the ingredients. Good luck let me know who they turn out.

 

[CharlieD]

But what are those numbers 11 and 13?

 

[Silversage]

What that says is that 10 cups of sugar should weigh 4 pounds (#) 11 ounces and 20 cups of flour should weigh 5 pounds 13 ounces.
You have the option of measuring by volume in cups or by weight in pounds and ounces. They listed it both ways.

The conversation that I did was by volume. If you want if by weight, let us know and i'll convert the weight measurements.

 

[CharlieD]

Whatever you did is perfect. I just didn't know what it meant. Thank you very much. My DW will try to make them tomorrow. Will see what happens. Thank you again


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