Gail's Christmas Cookies
photo by Sweetiebarbara
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
360 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup soft butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon anise extract
- 8 cups sifted all-purpose flour
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Icing
- 1 large egg white
- 1 -2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 lemon, juice of
directions
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Beat in eggs.
- Add sour cream and flavoring, mix well.
- Sift in dry ingredients.
- Refrigerate 8 hours or more.
- Roll thin.
- Cut with cookie cutters, making a hole for hanging.
- Bake at 350°F until only slightly brown, about 7-10 minutes.
- Cool.
- Icing: Whip egg white until stiff.
- Add sugar and lemon juice as needed.
- Ice cookies.
- Decorate and let dry.
- Put dental floss through hole and hang on tree (making sure they are above level of hungry children or pets, or not!).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sweetiebarbara
Staunton, Virginia
I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with my husband and our cat, Lizzie Borden. We had a wonderful dog, and now have 3 more cats to keep us company.