Description
This is a recipe from my grandmother's kitchen. My mother has made these for christmas every year since i was a child (over 30 years now) and every person that has tried these think that are delicious!
Icing the cookies is a family tradition and is one that is fun and can take some time so be sure to set a couple hours aside to do so. Although it can take time to icing these cookies it'll be well worth the work in taste and family fun. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- All-purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Nutmeg
- Butter
- Sugar
- Egg
- Sour Cream
- Vanilla Extract
- Powdered Sugar
- Crisco
- Milk
- Food Coloring
Instructions
- Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg
- Set aside
- In large bowl of electric mixer, at medium speed, beat butter, sugar and egg until light and fluffy
- At low speed, beat in sour cream and vanilla until smooth
- Gradually add flour mixture, beating until well combined
- With rubber spatula separate dough into several large balls
- Wrap in waxed paper
- Refrigerate several hours or overnight
- Preheat oven to 375f, line each cookie sheet with parchment paper
- On well-floured surface, roll dough, one at a time, 1 / 4 inch thick
- Using your favorite floured cookie cutters, cut out cookies
- Using spatula, place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly golden
- Remove to wire racks to cool
- While cookies are cooling mix your powdered sugar, crisco and milk into a large bowl until the icing is just firm enough
- Separate icing into small bowls and add 3-4 drops of food coloring per bowl
- After cookies have cooled, icing
- You can sprinkle tops of cookies with colored sugar if you are not going to use icing
- These taste best after stored in a freezer for a day and then warmed to room temperature