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- From: hammond@odin.scd.ucar.edu (Steve Hammond)
- Subject: Sugar and Spice Cut Out Cookies
- Message-ID: <1993Oct12.201911.19391@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Organization: NCAR/UCAR
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- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 20:19:11 GMT
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- Sugar and Spice Cut Out Cookies
-
- These cookies are pretty easy to make and don't take much time
- to cook. They are perfect for decorating at holiday time
- or just plain all year round.
-
- This recipe makes *LOTS* of cookies. There are two steps to
- the process. First, make a basic cookie mix. This
- will keep for a long time in the refrigerator. The cookies
- are made by taking 4cups of the mix at a time and adding
- spices and eggs.
-
- This recipe came off the side of a Domino sugar bag. When I was
- a child, Mom always used to to make these cutout cookies before
- Christmas and then we would frost them with my Grandmothers.
-
- - Steve
-
-
- (cookie mix) Dry ingredients
-
- Full Batch Half Batch
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- | |
- All Purpose Flour | 10 cups | 5 cups
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- Granulated Sugar | 7.5 cups | 3.75 cups
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- Baking Powder | 4 Tbs | 2Tbs
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- Salt | 4.5 tsp | 2.25 tsp
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- Shortening, | | 1.5 cups
- Margarine, or | 3.5 cups | plus
- Butter | | 2Tbs
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- Yield: | 21 cups | about 10 cups
-
-
-
- - Don't use unbleached, cake, or self-rising flour
- - If you choose margarine, don't use whipped or
- soft type
- - If you choose butter, use regular salted butter only
- - Have all ingredients at room temp.
-
-
-
- 1. Mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder together
- until well blended.
-
- 2. Add margarine, butter, or shortening. Use hands
- and work into dry ingredients until mixture resembles
- coarse cornmeal.
-
- (I usually use a pastry knife to blend the butter)
-
- 3. Store in air tight container in refrigerator until
- ready to use.
-
- 4. To use have it at room temp.
-
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-
- Cookies
-
- 4 cups of cookie mix above
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1 TBS white vinegar
- 1 large egg beaten
-
-
- Blend mix, spices, vinegar, and egg together thoroughly.
- If too soft to roll out, shape on wax paper into an oval
- about 1/2 inch thick. Slip into plastic bag, close tightly,
- and chill for an hour. (If chilled longer, remove from
- refrigerator 1/2 hour before rolling.) Roll 1/2 of the dough
- at a time. Roll dough out 1/8 of an inch thick. Cut
- desired shapes and transfer to greased baking sheets. Bake
- at 375 for about 6 minutes. Do NOT brown. Cool one minute
- and then remove to rack. Store airtight.
-
- Eat plain or decorate with frosting, candies, sprinkles, etc.
-
- Yield: 80-100 cookies depending on cutter size.
-
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- Steve Hammond * ^ /\/\ * /\
- Scientific Computing Division /\*\ \ \/\ \_][
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO \____
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