Aunt Marge's Sugar Cookies

Author Notes

I can not tell you how much this recipe means to my family. My mother remembers her grandmother making these cookies and placing them in a huge crockery that she would place in the root cellar. My Great Aunt Marge made these everyday of her married life for her husband, Lyle, because it was his favorite cookie. She always wanted him to have one when he got off the tractor after working hard all day. They were married over 50 years and Aunt Marge never made a single sugar cookie again after Lyle died. She couldn't bear the thought of it. That is food of love. These cookies are soft ,tender and delicate. They are a bit fussy, but so worth it. You make the batter ahead of time to chill. When it comes to time to roll them out is when it takes love and a tender hand. If you do not make them often, it usually takes one tray to get the hang of them again. Do not try to substitute any of the ingredients. The entire family has tried using something other then lard, but it just doesn't work. Why I would like to be known for passing these cookies on to the next generation is because it is the best representation of food is love that I know. When I was reunited with my son that I had given up for adoption, this is one of the recipes that I had to make for him. I had to tell him how these cookies a long history of love in our family and how he needed to have his first pillow like sugar cookie. He needed to know that I was giving him my unconditional love. I needed to show him how much love that I had always had for him in my heart. Before we were able to form and express the words of love and appreciation we had for each other, we could share this food of love. —MyCommunalTable