Favorite Holiday Cookies
This recipe makes dozens and dozens of cookies. I often bake about half the dough
around Thanksgiving then refrigerate or freeze the remaining dough for another
round of baking in December.
Cream together:
1 pound BUTTER, room temperature
2 pounds (6 cups) SUGAR
Add:
6 EGGS
Beat together until incorporated well
Combine and stir together well:
2 pounds (about 6-7 cups) FLOUR
3 level Tablespoons BAKING POWDER
Add dry ingredients to sugar mixture and mix well.
Cover, refrigerate several hours or overnight.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Lightly butter and flour cookie sheets (just for first baking)
Generously flour a pastry board or cloth for rolling out dough. You can work in a
lot of flour without making the cookie to doughy.
Roll out a softball size piece of dough until very thin - 1/8 inch
Cut out with cookie cutter.star shape, Christmas tree shape.they really don't hold
a shape real well as they are so buttery. Leaf shapes are nice if you do them
earlier, for Thanksgiving.
Put cookies on prepared baking sheet.
Separate 2 eggs, use yolk for something else. Beat the whites until frothy and not
stringy. Brush each cookie lightly with the egg white; add a piece of broken walnut
or pecan to the center, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Bake for 6-8 minutes. Remove from oven. Let cool for a minute before removing from
pan.
Bev Golden, Librarian
Canyon Ridge Elementary
San Antonio, TX
bgolden@satx.rr.com
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