Welcome to Christmas Cookie Week 2011!
This week my friend Grace at Sense & Simplicity and I hope to inspire you to get some Christmas baking done before the busy-ness of December starts.
I am going to showcase easy cookies that can be made in 1 hour…and recipes that anyone can tackle.
And remember it’s just me and my little blue mixer in my little kitchen!
I am going to showcase easy cookies that can be made in 1 hour…and recipes that anyone can tackle.
And remember it’s just me and my little blue mixer in my little kitchen!
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The first cookie I want to share with you is one of my favourites…the humble
*SUGAR COOKIE*
This cookie is so perfect… it can be mixed up in 10 minutes and because it is a drop cookie recipe, it doesn’t need to be rolled out with a rolling pin.
This cookie is tender and buttery and oh-so-good fresh from the oven.
This recipe comes from my Grandmother Ada.
She made these cookies year round and kept them in a glass cookie jar on her kitchen counter.
{You can see the recipe below…published in 1979 in a little country community cookbook}
I double the recipe as my Grandmother suggests.
And when you make cookies….always use real butter and real vanilla…the taste is so worth it!
*SUGAR COOKIES*
{makes 3 1/2 dozen}
*SUGAR COOKIES*
{makes 3 1/2 dozen}
In mixing bowl combine:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 tbsp milk
2 tsp. vanilla
Beat until light and fluffy.
In another bowl, stir together:
3 1/2 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Add flour mixture to butter mixture gradually. Beat until mixed to form soft dough.
Roll dough into 1.5 inch balls.
Flatten with a fork.
Add Christmas sprinkles as desired.
Bake in 325 oven for 8-10 minutes.
Let cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes.
Then transfer to cooling rack.
Here are the sugar cookies on my Christmas cookie platter last year.
I think every cookie platter could use a tasty sugar cookie!
Please make sure you hop on over to Sense & Simplicity to see what Grace cookie is sharing today!
And check back later this afternoon to see fun packaging inspiration for our little cookie!
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Hi Angie,
This is a great recipe!
Very festive for the Holidays…
All the Best,
Christine
LOVE Christmas Cookie Week!! I'm sharing this on my crafty facebook page : )
Jaimee @ craft-interrupted.blogspot.com
Aw! I love how they bake up when you squish them down with a fork. These sound so good! =) Sugar cookies are so perfect around the holidays.
these look so delicious! Came over from Made By YOu Monday, and so glad I did! Would love for you to come link up to my Tasty Tuesday party going on now. http://nap-timecreations.blogspot.com/2011/11/broccoli-cheese-soup-and-tasty-tuesday.html
These look sooo delicious!! I'd love for you to add this recipe and any other Christmas-related posts to my 26-Day Christmas Craft Marathon Linky Party!!
Thanks so much for sharing a family treasure!!
~Lisa
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Yum: they look almost too pretty to eat! Isn't making cookies fun? Check out my Lemon Crinkle Cookies here 🙂
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So glad for this recipe…I don't like to make cut out cookies so this better fits my life right now! They look yummy.
I thought you'd enjoy knowing that your blog is one of my favorites! I made the cute Starbuck's minibook last year with our C'mas photos and I think it is DARLING! I plan to blog my book this year and will link it to yours.
Merry Christmas!
Donna
Those butterscotch/marshmallow squares must be a Nova Scotia recipe too. Or perhaps we're all using the same cookbook. Knowing my family, I'd guess it and they cherry balls are from the Legion Cookbook!
You never know the gem of a recipe you'll find in one of those old typewritten cookbooks. We love Grandma's fudge over at our house. 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing your Grandmother's Sugar Cookie Recipe. I"ll definitely give it a try over the holiday! I'm a new follower, please drop by for a visit when you can.
Uh, YUM! My younger son loves sugar cookies but I had dragging out the rolling pin and flour the surfaces, etc because it makes such a mess! Thanks for this one…stop by to see a super easy fudge recipe on my blog if you are interested. Blessings!
Just made these, yum! Thanks for a quick & easy sugar cookie recipe, Angie. =)