Easy Kids Christmas Cookies Recipes

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 4 beaten eggs
• flour

• Cream the butter and part of the sugar together
• Stir in the remainder of the sugar then add the eggs and beat in
• Use flour enough to make the mixture very stiff
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• On a floured board roll the mixture out thinly
• Cut mixture out into small squares, wet the top with beaten egg
• sprinkle the tops with sugar, cinnamon and chopped almonds.

  Bake in a moderate oven for 10 minutes.

PFEFFERNUSSE

• 3 eggs beaten
• 1/2 lb. powdered sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. cloves
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2tsp. soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 lemon, juice and grated rind

• Beat the eggs well
• Gradually beat in the sugar, lemon juice and rind.
• Sift together the flour soda, salt and spices.
• Add flour to the beaten egg and sugar mixture and beat well to form a smooth, medium soft dough.
• Place in the fridge to cool for several hours.
• Roll out on floured surface. Shape the dough with your hands into long finger-shaped sticks
• Cut the dough into small marble sized pieces. Bake on greased baking sheets in hot oven 425f until they turn a light, golden brown.

OLD-FASHIONED SHORTCAKE

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons margerine or butter
• 3/4cup milk
• 1 cup berries

• Sift the flour, salt, baking powder, together.

• Add the butter and combine then add the milk to make soft dough
• Bake in greased deep layer cake tin in hot oven 20 to 25 minutes.
• Split while hot and spread between layers with crushed and sweetened berries or other fruit.

Rich Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg well beaten
• Raisins and citrus peel

• Cream the butter and add sugar gradually.
• Add the beaten egg a little at a time, add a little flour if mixture looks like it is curdling.
• Stir in the flour, and vanilla until mixed well.
• Drop from tip of spoon in small portions on buttered sheet two inches apart.
• Spread thinly with a knife first dipped in cold water.
• Put four Sultana raisins on each cookie, and a little citrus peel

CHOCOLATE COOKIES

• 1/2cup of butter
• 1 tablespoon lard
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon soda
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 oz chocolate
• 2 1/2 cups flour

• Beat butter and lard until creamy.
• Gradually beat into this sugar, salt and cinnamon
• Melt chocolate in a microwave for a couple of minutes or place chocolate in a bowl in a warm oven to melt.
• Beat an egg well
• dissolve the soda into milk
• Add the egg and milk to the mixture and stir in well
• Stir in about two cupfuls and a half of flour and combine well.
• Roll out thinly on a floured board, cut into round cakes, bake in a hot oven.
• The secret of making good cookies is the use of as little flour as is needed.

CHRISTMAS COOKIES

• 1/2 cup butter or margerine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon soda

• Blend together the butter or margerine, sugar and molasses.
• Beat the egg and add to the mixture, stir in well.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and soda and combine into mixture.
• Mix well, then roll out onto a floured board, roll out and cut into shapes.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• When cool add icing.

ANISE COOKIES

• 6 eggs, separated
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 3 tsps. anise seed

• Beat egg yolks until thick and foamy
• Beat the egg whites until they are stiff then gently combine with the beaten egg yolks.
• Gradually add the powdered sugar and stir in gently.
• Sift the flour and add flour and anise seed to the mixture, stir in well until combined.
• Drop from teaspoon on greased cookie sheet, spacing about 1 inch apart.
• Chill in fridge for the night.
• Bake in slow oven 300-f for about 12 minutes.

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