Elaine's Sugar Cookies

 Elaine's Sugar Cookies
 7 Dozen
  
       1 cup  Butter, softened
       1 cup  Powdered sugar
       1 cup  Granulated sugar
       2    Eggs
       1 cup  Salad oil
       2 teaspoons Vanilla
       1 teaspoons Grated lemon peel
   4 1/4 cup  Flour
       1 teaspoon Baking soda
       1 teaspoon Cream of tartar
       1 teaspoon Salt
            Plain or colored sugar
  
   Cream butter & sugars; beat in eggs one at a time until light &
   fluffy. Beat in oil, vanilla & lemon peel.  Combine dry ingredients & gradually add to sugar mixture, beating till well blended.  Wrap in wax paper; chill several hours.
   
   Preheat oven to 325.  Grease 2 cookie sheets.  Divide dough into
   thirds (keep 1/3 out, refrigerate the rest till needed).  Form
   heaping tsp. of dough into ball.  Place on cookie sheet.  Flatten to
   2″ diameter with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.  Sprinkle with
   plain or colored sugar & bake 8 - 10 min. till lightly browned.  Let stand on cookie sheet 2-3 min. before removing.  So good.  Mmmm.