Christmas Cookies
- Ready In:
- 21mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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48 cookies
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup shortening (half of this 3/4 cup should be butter or margarine, and the other half shortening, this is very im)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
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For Icing
- 1⁄3 cup soft margarine (sticks)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 tablespoons milk
- various food coloring
directions
- Mix all cookie ingredients.
- Cover and chill at least 1 hours.
- Roll dough out on well floured surface.
- Cut out with cookie cutters.
- Bake at 400° for 6-8 minutes, until pale golden brown on edges. Do not overbake.
- Allow cookies to cool on rack or plate.
- Combine icing ingredients except food coloring.
- Separate the icing into small bowls according to the number of colored icings you want.
- Add food colorings to each bowl.
- Ice and decorate cookies as desired.
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Reviews
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These are great! I like the amount of sweetness for these cookies , and they are .. how do I put it ... a 'sturdier' sugar cookie for decorating. Not meant in a bad way at all! I put them on 2 Christmas trays and they were VERY well received!! I can't believe I forgot to take a photo :( Next time!!!!! :) Thanks for submitting a great sugar cookie recipe!! :)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lorenlou
Sugar Land, Texas
I live in Sugar Land, Texas. I love to try new recipes. My husband jokes that if he likes something, I never make it again for 6 months! My children are very picky, but do have their favorites that I try to include in our menu more often than every 6 months.