I substituted shortening for the butter and my cookies came out incredibly strange...very grainy - crumbled like sand in my hands and mouth. Next time I'll use butter!

Just finished making these delicious cookies. Also made up a batch of them with brown sugar. Made them more chewy. Lovely x

So good and so simple. Thank you! Perfect for keeping my 2 1/2 year old busy and I didn't panic when she ate the dough!

I just got a craving for a sugar cookie, and with no eggs in the house. I only had a 1/4 lb. of butter too, so I cut the recipe down accordingly. Super fast to make, perfect for a sudden hankering. I think I baked them a little to long, as they came out rather on the crunchy side, but they melted in my mouth deliciously, which more than made up for it. Thanks!

Great cookies, soft and moist. Could go for 3/4 lb of butter instead.

Best Cookies EVER!!!!!!

OMG! I loved the dough!! although the dough is kinda soft and it has a lot of butter which makes it kind of flat and greasy... theyre in the oven now, well update later on how they taste :D
CANT WAIT!!!!!

These were pretty good. The dough is super tasty. I wasn't expecting the cookies to puff up so much, then I put them on the counter and they totally deflated, flat as a crepe. really soft and chewy when warm but got a lil hard when they cooled.

I substituted: for butter, 1 cup shortening, 1 cup non-dairy margarine; for flour, 3 cups white spelt flour (Son has allergies!). Instead of rolling into balls, we made a log, refrigerated, and cut off circles. They came out crispy, not chewy. They spread out a lot. Nothing fancy, complex, or rich, but an easy and good substitute for traditional sugar cookie recipes if you have allergies.

The cookies came out soooo good!!! Thank you!!! My son loved them!!! :)

Thank you so very much!!!! My son is 17 months old and he is allergic to 8 different food products. The main 2 are EGGS and PEANUTS. I tried the eggs replacer, didn't like how the cakes, cupcakes or cookies came out. So I found this recipe and we are baking right now. I will let you know how they came out.

YUMMMMY! I was sitting around and thought I want some cookies...but had no eggs...and did not want to leave the house to get some...then I ran across this and OMG these cookies are great before (he! he!) and after baking! And they took me like 10 minutes to make! WOW! Thanks! I will use this recipe forever! Oh yeah I added some semi sweet choc chips and white choc too! amazing!

Thanks for this recipe. I wanted something that was safe for nibbling while cutting cookies as it seems children (and mommies and daddies) have NO self control around cookie dough!!

It's only safe to eat raw if you also heat sterilize the flour first.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Best recipe!!

I can't wait to try this. My daughter has an egg and peanut allergy. If anyone has any other good cookie recipes without eggs or peanut, feel free to send them to me. She is 8 and would love to try out a new cookie. My email address is mking0923@aol.com. Thanks again.

Melissa; check out Bakin' Without Eggs by Rosemarie Emro. I've made quite a few of her recipes and my family loves them.