Today is our Mommy Years Christmas cookie exchange! I am posting my favorite Christmas cookie recipe, Sandtart Cutout Cookies. Please add your recipe as a comment. If you are unable to post comments, email me with your recipe and I'll post it for you.
I can't wait to see all of your favorite cookie recipes!!
Sandtart Cutout Cookies
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 Tbl buttermilk
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
Cream sugar and butter. Add egg. Add buttermilk and baking soda (mixed together). Add the rest of the ingredients.
Roll thin.
Bake 375 for 6-10 minutes.
Buttercream Frosting
1/3 cup crisco
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 tsp vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
1 Tbl + 1 tsp whole milk
Cream crisco, butter, and vanilla. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Add milk and beat on high speed (scraping sides of bowl occasionally) until light and fluffy.
Frost cookies and enjoy! Oh, yum!!
3 comments:
This is also a favorite of mine!
Magic Cookie Bars
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees for glass dish). Coat 13x9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter. Press into bottom of prepared pan. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture. Layer evenly with chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Press down firmly with a fork.
Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Cut into bars or diamonds. Store covered at room temperature.
I don't really bake cookies but here is a link to my favorite "treat" to make at Christmas: http://twirlministries.blogspot.com/2011/11/turtle-pretzels.html
Butter Spritz Cookies
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 egg yokes
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
Preheat oven to 400. Sift together flour and salt, set aside. In medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar, stir in egg yolks, almond extract & vanilla extract. Gradually blend in sifted ingredients. Fill a cookie press with the dough and press onto ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate as desired. Bake 6-8 minutes
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