A Holiday Favorite

Sugar cookies are one of my favorites around this time of year.  I make a recipe from this old book - it is a classic.  It tastes, feels and smells of my childhood. I hope you give it a try.

2/3 C. Shortening
3/4 C. Sugar
1 t. Vanilla
1 Egg
4 t. Milk
2 C. Sifted All Purpose Flour
11/2 t. Baking Powder
1/4 t. Salt

Cream Shortening and Sugar. Add Vanilla and cream some more. Add Egg; beat until light and fluffy.  Stir in Milk. Sift together Flour, Baking Powder and Salt.  Blend dry ingredients into creamed mixture.  Divide dough in half and chill for 1 hour.

Roll 1/2 dough out on a lightly floured surface using a lightly floured rolling pin. Keep other 1/2 of dough chilled until you are ready to work with it. Cut shapes and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes.  Cool cookies on a rack. Decorate when cool.  I use a simple icing of powdered sugar, milk, and food coloring, making it thick enough so it does not run.  Let colors dry between applications and use a toothpick for the details.

Last night I made some Creepmas cookies.  I made reindeer, snowpeople and holiday pumpkins.  Yummy, think I'll have those pumpkins right now with my coffee.

Creepmas Pumpkins with holly

Snow witch, snow axe murder, snow victim

skeleton reindeer