Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies
Introduction
These are fun for the family to make and to eat! This recipe will soon become a treasured holiday tradition.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups - granulated sugar
2/3 cup - butter (or shortening - half of each is recommended)
2 whole eggs
2 Tbsp 2% milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/4 cups white flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup - butter (or shortening - half of each is recommended)
2 whole eggs
2 Tbsp 2% milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/4 cups white flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Directions
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, extract, and milk and blend together.
In a medium bowl, mix dry ingredients with a wire wisk. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in large bowl.
Mix with mixer until well combined.
With hands, shape dough into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and refridgerate for 2-3 hours.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll half or 1/3 of the dough at a time. Keep the rest in the fridge.
For crispier cookies, roll the dough thin. For soft cookies, roll dough to 1/8-1/4 inch thick.
Flour cookie cutter and cut shapes. Re-roll trimmings and reshape. Place 1/2 inch apart on the cookie sheet and bake for 8 min or until light brown. Let cool then decorate!
Makes 6 dozen (depending on the size of your cookie cutters)
In a medium bowl, mix dry ingredients with a wire wisk. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in large bowl.
Mix with mixer until well combined.
With hands, shape dough into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and refridgerate for 2-3 hours.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll half or 1/3 of the dough at a time. Keep the rest in the fridge.
For crispier cookies, roll the dough thin. For soft cookies, roll dough to 1/8-1/4 inch thick.
Flour cookie cutter and cut shapes. Re-roll trimmings and reshape. Place 1/2 inch apart on the cookie sheet and bake for 8 min or until light brown. Let cool then decorate!
Makes 6 dozen (depending on the size of your cookie cutters)
Number of Servings: 72