Grandma smith's christmas cookies

72 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Shortening or margarine
2 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
½ cup Milk
2 teaspoons Baking powder
5½ cup Flour
Colored sugars or icing

Directions

Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then beat in milk. Sift baking powder and flour together. Reduce speed and, with mixer running, add flour to creamed mixture, 1 cup at a time. Continue beating until mixture pulls cleanly away from sides of work bowl, 30 to 45 seconds. If necessary, add a little more flour. Chill 1 hour. Remove from refrigerator at least 30 minutes before rolling out. Roll out dough ¼ to ½ inch thick on lightly floured board. Cut in shapes and transfer to ungreased baking sheet. Decorate with sugar and bake at 350 degrees until light brown, about 10 minutes. Alternatively, cut in shapes, bake at 350 degrees until light brown, and then decorate with icing. Yields 6 dozen cookies.

Each cookie: 81 calories; 46 mg sodium; 6 mg cholesterol; 3 grams fat; 13 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.03 gram fiber Recipe Source: Los Angeles Times - 12-20-1998 Formatted for Mastercook by Lynn Thomas - dcqp82a@...

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