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Table of contents

  1. CHRISTMAS CUT-OUTS
  2. CREAM WAFERS
  3. GINGERBREAD BOYS
  4. LIFESAVER COOKIES
  5. SOUR CREAM COOKIES
  6. SPRITZ
  7. VERA’S SPRITZ
  8. SWEDISH COOKIES
  9. THUMBPRINT

CHRISTMAS CUT-OUTS

Pennie McRae 4 dozen

Step 1 ¾ c shortening Blend ingredients until creamy. 1 c sugar 2 eggs ½ t vanilla Step 2 2½c flour Add ingredients and blend thoroughly. Chill at least1 hour, 1 t baking powder covered. Roll dough 1/8” thick on lightly floured pastry 1 t salt cloth. Cut into shapes. Bake at 400 for 6 to 8 minutes, until cookies are delicately brown.

CREAM WAFERS

Pennie McRae 5 Dozen

Step 1 1 c butter Mix ingredients thoroughly. Chill 1 hour. 1/3 c whipping cream 2 c flour Step 2 Sugar Roll dough 1/8” thick on lightly floured board. Cut into 1½” rounds. Place rounds in plate of sugar coating both sides. Then place rounds on ungreased baking sheet. Prick with fork in 4 places. Bake at 375 for 7 minutes, or until slightly puffy. Cool. Put two cookies together and fill with creamy filling. Creamy Filling ¼ c butter, soft Mix butter, vanilla and sugar. Divide mix. Put several ¾ c powdered sugar drops of red food coloring in one batch and several drops 1 t vanilla of green food coloring in second patch, to get desired Red food coloring shade. Spread between cookies. Green food coloring

GINGERBREAD BOYS

Pennie McRae 24 boys

Step 1 ½ c margarine Mix ingredients until smooth. ½ c sugar 1 egg, beaten ½ c molasses 4 T water Step 2 3½ c flour Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Chill dough. Roll 1 t soda out 1/4” thick on floured board. Cut out cookies and place ½ t salt on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes. 1 t ginger Use raisins for eyes and buttons, and Red Hots for mouth, if 1 t cinnamon desired. ½ t nutmeg ¼ t cloves ½ t mace Raisins Red Hots

LIFESAVER COOKIES

Pennie McRae 4 to 5 dozen

Step 1 ½ c butter Mix ingredients thoroughly. (May use food color at this 1 c sugar time if desiring colored cookies.) 2 eggs 1 t vanilla Step 2 2 ½ c flour Add flour and soda and mix. Dough will be stiff. ½ t soda Chill dough, covered, about 1 hour. Step 3 6 pkgs Five Flavors Life Savers Separate Life Savers by color. Place in plastic baggies by color and crush with a hammer. Step 4 Roll cookies 1/8” thick on floured cloth. Cut into desired shapes. Place cookies on cookie sheet covered with foil. Cut a smaller shape inside cookie, removing cutout shape to elsewhere on cookie sheet. Fill hole in cookie with crushed lifesavers. Use a straw to cut hole in top of cookie (for hanging on the Christmas tree.) Bake at 375 for 6 to 8 minutes. Let cool before removing from cookie sheet. Place ribbon through hole and hang on the Christmas tree.

SOUR CREAM COOKIES

Pennie McRae 4 to 5 dozen

Step 1

¼ c shortening Blend ingredients thoroughly. ¼ c butter 1 c sugar 1 egg 1 t vanilla Step 2 2 2/3 c flour Add all ingredients to creamed mixture, blending 1 t baking powder thoroughly. Roll out dough 1/4” thick on well floured ½ t salt pastry cloth. Cut with cookie cutters into Christmas ¼ t nutmeg shapes. Place on greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with ½ c sour cream sugar, if desired. Bake at 400 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Frost if desired.

SPRITZ

Pennie McRae 5 dozen

Step 1 1 c butter Blend all ingredients together until creamy. ½ c sugar 1 egg ½ t salt 1 t vanilla or almond Step 2 2 ¼ c flour Work flour into creamed mixture. Dough will be stiff. Press dough into Cookie Press and select Christmas shapes. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 for 6 minutes, until set, but not browned. OPTIONAL Colored sprinkles Add food coloring (red or green) into egg mixture. Looks Food coloring especially attractive on tree shape. Sprinkle with colored candies before baking.

VERA’S SPRITZ

Vera McRae 5 Dozen

Step 1

2½ c sifted cake flour Mix together ½ t salt Step 2 1 c shortening Cream shortening until soft. Beat in powdered sugar. 1 c powdered sugar Add almond extract and egg yolks. Gradually stir in 1 t almond extract flour mixture. Chill. 2 egg yolks, beaten Step 3 Pack dough in cookie press, using various forms of discs or nozzles to make shapes, such as letter S, wreaths, bows, knots, crescents, ribbons, etc., pressing shapes on ungreased baking sheet. Step 4 1 egg white Beat egg white with water until frothy. Brush on cookies 1 t water and sprinkle with coarse sugar crystals, colored or plain; Coarse sugar crystals or with chopped nuts. Bake in hot oven (400) about 8 minutes, or until delicately browned.

SWEDISH COOKIES

Vera McRae 3 dozen

Step 1 1 c butter Combine all ingredients and mix with hands. Chill for30 4 T sugar minutes. Roll dough into 1” balls and place 1” apart on 2 t vanilla ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes 2 c chopped pecans (or bake at 300 for 30 to 45 minutes) 2 c flour Step 2 Powdered sugar Roll in powdered sugar while warm. Cool completely. Reroll in powdered sugar before serving.

THUMBPRINT

Pennie McRae 3 dozen

Step 1 ½ c shortening Blend ingredients until creamy. ¼ c brown sugar 1 egg yolk ½ t vanilla Step 2 2 c flour Add ingredients and mix. ¼ t salt Step 3 1 egg white, slightly beaten Roll dough into balls about 1/2” in diameter and dip in egg ¾ c nuts, finely white. Roll in nuts. Place about 1” apart on ungreased green mint jelly cookie chopped sheet. Press thumb gently in center of Red jelly cookie to make a well. Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool. Fill well with green and red jelly