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Soft Sugar Cookies

Soft Sugar Cookies: a sourced precooked recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Pack a cooler for perishables.

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Added October 9, 2026
Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: AceDragonfly, CC BY-SA 4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grannie_Gilbert%27s_Sugar_Cookies.jpg; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0. Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.
Soft Sugar Cookies

Photo: AceDragonfly · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source-recipe food photograph; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

  • •3 eggs
  • •1 cup (230 g ) shortening or butter
  • •Vanilla , to taste
  • •1 cup (200 g) white granulated sugar
  • •1 pinch of salt
  • •2 tsp (10 g) baking powder
  • •2–3 cups (250–375 g ) flour

Instructions

  1. 1In a large bowl, beat eggs lightly to break the yolks as one would for scrambled eggs, then mix in the shortening. If using butter, soften it slightly beforehand by heating it a little. The shortening/egg mixture should be loose.
  2. 2Mix in the sugar, then add the salt to the liquid mixture.
  3. 3Add the baking powder, then slowly add the flour as needed to reach a proper doughy state (in essence, able to be shaped without sticking to one's hands too much). You may not need all of the flour, or you may even need a little more based on your eggs and how closely you measured.
  4. 4Make balls and place onto a greased or parchment -lined pan then into an oven heated to 175°C (350°F), and let bake for between 15–20 minutes.

Camp tips

  • • Feel free to switch out half the sugar with another sweet item, like honey .
  • • Using three tablespoons of cocoa powder one can get a slight chocolate flavour to the cookie, without being overtly chocolatey.
  • • Try adding chocolate chips to the dough.
  • • Approximately 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract works well for this recipe.
  • • Adding some cinnamon and nutmeg gives a good flavor.
  • • When heating up the butter, make sure that it's only barely solid when it's mixed into the eggs.
  • • Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

Food safety & trail facts

Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

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