Sugar Cookies
Costs 34 cents
Yields 2 1/2 dozen
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, grade B
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Confectioners’ sugar icing
silver shot
citron
Cream shortening; add sugar, flavoring, and eggs one at a time; beat until light. Add sifted dry ingredients; mix well. Chill for 2 hours. roll thin and cut with floured Christmas tree cutter or other fancy cutter. Bake on greased cookie sheets in hot oven, 400 degrees F., about 10 minutes. Cool on racks; decorate with icing, silver shot and bits of citron or other candied fruit.
Such a fantastic holiday classic, I adore baking and decorating sugar cookies each year. Growing up this was a holiday tradition that we did with my mother (who had the best collection of Christmas cookie cutters), now I keep it alive for my husband and I, and share our sugar cookies with friends.
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