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cookies and it's lot of fun. Christ
mas cookies make gifts that say l.
thought-of-you, and they also make
quick hospitality for friends that
drop in during the holiday season.
Served with dainty cup of tea fruit
juice of soft drink, they always meet
the occasion.
Baking Christmas cookies also
makes your kitchen an exciting
place for all the family, as well as
the youngsters of the neighborhood
who sniff their fragrance as they
come from the oven.
First we will start off with a good
sugar cookie recipe, which is a roll
ed cookie with many variations.
Holiday Sugar Cookies
" cup shortening, butter or mar
garine is best
"a cup sugar
/ egg
l tablespoon milk or cream
/ teaspoon fiavoring, lemon or va
nilla, or half each
liz cups sifted all purpose flour
IA teaspoon baking powder
"a teaspoon salt
Mix thoroughly the sugar, butter
and egg. Stir in the milk or cream
and flavoring. Sift dry ingredients
together and add to sugar-butter
mixture. Chill dough. Roll very
thin, 1/f6 inch thick, cut in de-
sired shapes and place on lightly
creased baking sheets. Sprinkle
with sugar if desired. Bake at AIS
degrees for about minutes, or I'M
til delicately Drowned. Makes
about dozen cookies.
Now, if you like, you can ice the
cookies, or decorate with tube,
using the following icing recipe.
Ornamental FrOsting
Vi cup butter
4 cups sifted confectioner's sugar
2 egg whites
teaspoon vanilla
"a teaspoon cream tarter
to 2 teaspoons cream
Food coloring
Cream butter into sugar with
pastry blender or fork, until mix
ture is like corn meal. Add unbeat-
en- egg whites, vanilla, cream and
cream of tartar Beat (the more
you beat the better). Add cream
and beat until frosting is of spread
ing consistency Divide and color
red and green, or other colors, with
a few drops of food coloring. Add
a drop at the time to get right color.
Using tube, make wreaths around
cookies with green and make holly
berries with drops of red.
For another variation you can add
cup of finely chopped nuts to the
above basic recipe.
For chocolate pin wheels, divide
the dough in half and add to one
half of the dough | square of I'M
sweentened chocolate that has been
melted and cooled Chill dough.
Roll out white dough to about X IL
inches. Roll chocolate dough to
same size and lay on top of white
dough. Roll the double layer gent
ly until 3/16 inch thick. Begin at
the wide end and roll tightly into
roll, about II inches long and 2
inches in diameter. Chill thorough
ly Slice in thin slices and place
about two inches apart on lightly
creased baking sheet. Bake at $50
degrees for about 10 or u minutes.
Makes dozen 2 inch cookies.
These holiday cookies keep well,
are easy to make, and taste delicious.
Holiday Fruit Cookies
/ cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
" cup sour milk or buttermilk
31s cups sifted all purpose flour
l teaspoon soda
! teaspoon salt
/, ~ cups broken pecan meats
2 cups candied cherries, cut in
halves
2 cups cut up dates
Sift dry ingredients together.
Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
Add sour milk. Stir in dry ingred-
tents, nuts and fruits. Drop by
small teaspoonfuls onto lightly
creased cookie tins, about 2 inches
) apart. Bake at 375 to 400 degree
temperature for or 10 minutes.
Placing pecan half on top of each
cookie makes a nice decoration.
Using this basic dough you can
just add ! cup of chopped nuts or
c1Jp moist cocoanI1t for variation