Alternative Christmas Cookie Cut-Outs & Frosting, used by Reynoldses.

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/christmas-sugar-cookies/

Melting Moments, Mom's Christmas Cookie. Provided by Ruby.

 

Gross Christmas Tree 2020

1/2 # Butter (or more commonly known as, 1 cup of butter) *But double check!

1/3 Cup Powdered Sugar

3/4 Cup Cornstarch

1 Cup Flour

1. Cream together butter and sugar.
2. Sift together cornstarch and flour; then add to creamed mixture.
3. Roll into balls "a little bigger than a marble".
4. Place on cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven.
5. 300 degrees for 30 minutes.
6. Cool and frost with pink, green, etc. icing (Cut-Outs' Frosting).

Thanks, Therese Gross (& Ruby)!

Chocolate Drops, Christmas Cookie; provided by Josephine.

 

12/7/17 

1 Cup Sugar

1/2 Cup "Shortening," aka: BUTTER or margarine* 

1 1/4 C. flour, heaped

1/2 t. Salt

2 Eggs

1 tsp. Vanilla

2 squares Melted Chocolate

1tsp baking powder

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Add eggs and vanilla; melt and add chocolate.
4. Add dry ingredients.
5. Bake 8-10 minutes.

*Margarine, aka: liquid cancer.

**Mom suggests to refrigerate before baking.

***Use cut-out frosting http://grossrecipes.blogspot.com/search?q=cut+outs/cinnamon dots.

****Double batch suggested.

Ruby, Nov. 2023

Baby #4 soon to arrive.

Ruby saved us all by adding more details 

to this vague original 

(mom does so much more than what she had written down)!

Mom's Christmas Cut-Outs & Frosting

Cookies:
1 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1 c. shortening (aka, 1 stick butter and 1 stick margarine, softened)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
salt (very helpful, right?! I put in a few sprinkles)
2 eggs
6 tsp. milk

1. Sift all dry ingredients together.
2. Add shortening and work together (did this by stirring/chopping with a fork)
3. Add eggs and milk; stir until consistency looks right.
4. Bake @ 375 degrees (8-10 mins depending on oven).

*When cutting out, flour surface well; form big dough ball and keep tossing on flour--onto anything--if things get sticky. Flour rolling pin often, and cut-outs, as well. Flour, flour, flour!

Frosting:

Heat in a saucepan:

1/2 stick butter

1 and 1/2 c. powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

condensed milk (just gradually add more until it looks right!)