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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
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1. Blend margarine (or butter)and sugar until creamy.
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2. Beat eggs and blend into sugar mixture..
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3. Add vanilla, then flour, and blend into mixture. (You can blend the ingredients with a potato masher - especially helpful for young children - then stir with a long wooden spoon.)
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4. Gather the mixture into a loose ball and sprinkle lightly with flour.
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Lightly flour the surface you'll use for rolling, then roll out the dough.
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5. Next remove about half of the dough onto the cutting surface and roll it out with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 1/4 inch.
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6. Cut circles in the dough with a tea cup, glass, or cookie cutter about 2-3 inches in diameter. (Dip the rim of the cup in flour between cuttings to prevent the dough from sticking.)
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7. Place the circles on a baking sheet that has been lightly buttered or use a nonstick baking sheet.
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8. Set the cookies about 1 inch apart on all sides.
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9. Sprinkle (turbinado) sugar lightly over each cookie.
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10.Repeat for the second half of the dough. (Refrigerate the dough if it will sit for more than ten minutes. Chilled dough is easier to roll out and cut.)
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11. Place the cookies in the preheated 375 degree oven for about 15 minutes. The cookies are done when they are lightly browned.
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12. Remove them from the oven and let them cool a little before you lift them off the baking sheet to eat them.
