Aunt Edith's Sugar Cookies

Aunt Edith’s Sugar Cookies

1 Cup butter

¾ Cup vegetable oil

1 Cup white sugar

1 Cup powdered sugar

1 T. vanilla

2 eggs

1 t. baking soda

4 cups flour (sifted)

1 t. cream of tartar

1 t. salt

Cream butter and oil together.

Add white sugar and powdered sugar, beat thoroughly together.

Add vanilla and 2 eggs, beat together thoroughly.

Sift dry ingredients together and add to cream mixture.

Roll 1 teaspoon of dough in a ball, roll in granulated sugar, place on greased cookie sheet, press down with the bottom of a glass that has been lightly buttered and dipped in sugar. Bake in 375 degree oven for 8-12 minutes depending on the size of the cookies. When cool frost with green leaves and red dots.

Gingerbread Persons

Kitty Begani's Recipe

Gingerbread Persons

1 Cup Butter

1 ½ Cups brown sugar

3 T. Milk

3 Cups Flour

4 T. baking powder

1 t. ground cinnamon

½ t. salt

½ t. ground ginger

¼ t. ground cloves

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in milk. Mix flour with baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and cloves. Gradually add flour mixture into butter mixture. Form dough into a ball and on a floured table, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. (dough will be very soft, try not to over work it or it will be tough)

Cut the dough into people shapes and place on a buttered cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and decorate if you wish.

Kleniter

Kleniter

5 egg yolks
5 T. sugar
5 T. cream
4 T. melted butter

Enough flour to make a stiff dough ( aprox 2 cups)
Mix well and chill very well.
Roll out very thin ( if you can see the countertop thru it its ok)
Cut into diamonds and fry at 325* until light brown.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar when done.

Ulla-Mays' Sandcookies

Ulla-Mays’ Sandcookies

2 sticks butter

¾ cup sugar

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

2-3 teaspoons vanilla sugar

1. brown butter carefully in frying pan (might take 30 min or more) stir from time to time. Leave in icebox until cold and hard
2. cream butter and sugar
3. mix flour, baking powder, vanilla sugar together
4. mix butter with flour mixture ( be sure to get all the brown bits)
5. make small round balls, put on buttered sheet, press down lightly with thumb on each cookie. ( dough will be very crumbly)
6. bake at 300* for 20-30 minutes. Don’t get them too dark. They should be cream colored
7. these cookies don’t float out so you can put a lot on each sheet.
8. store between layers of foil.