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| salted butter: 2 cups (softened) |
| light brown sugar (packed): 4 cups |
| eggs: 4 |
| water: 1/2 cup |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 7 cups |
| cream of tartar: 1 Tbl |
| baking soda: 1 Tbl |
Credit: AllRecipes
"'My grandpa, a widower, raised his three sons on his own and did all the cooking and lots of baking,' explains Karen Baker of Dover, Ohio. 'I can still picture him making these tasty old-fashioned cookies.'"