Grandma's Christmas Sugar Cutout Cookies
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- Ready In:
- 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
6 Dozen
- Serves:
- 72
ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 1 cup shortening or 1 cup margarine
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ground pecans (Optional, ground pecans for added flavor. This is how Grandma always mixed hers) (optional)
directions
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Add shortening or margarine using a fork to combine with dry ingredients.
- Add unbeaten eggs and vanilla.
- Mix well.
- Add ground pecans for added flavor. (This is how Grandma always mixed hers).
- Whisk the dry ingredients together, add alternately with the eggs and vanilla.
- Mix well.
- Roll out thin on floured board and cut with floured cookie cutters.
- Decorate with sugar.
- Bake at 375°F for 8 minutes.
- Makes about 6 dozen.