My friend Kat reminded me that Jan & Tom were having a cookie swap today. I had to rush on over with a plate of Christmas cookies~ it was the neighborly thing to do.
The recipe is in our cookbook 'Starting Fresh', but I'll post it again here for y'all. These are the best iced cookies I've ever made.
Gekie's Butter Cookies
1 cup real butter– that’s 2 sticks
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
4 cups cake flour
pinch salt
2 tsp baking powder
4 tsp vanilla extract
Pre-heat oven to 400°
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Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add beaten eggs and vanilla, and mix till smooth. Sift dry ingredients together then add to butter mixture, stir until smooth.
Roll dough out on a floured surface to 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutters. Bake for 8-12 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Watch them, they burn quickly, they are best when only lightly browned.
Let cool and decorate with store bought icing for the holidays.
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Makes about 3 dozen cookies. Store covered, may be frozen for several weeks (or just take them to the neighbors).Merry Christmas y'all!
Sandi
Shabby In The City sent me this link for Eleni's Cookies. Have you seen them? I wonder if they taste half as good as they look? What a Great gift idea!!
Thanks bunches
13 comments:
Gosh, those sound really good. How will I ever take off some weight with so many good things all around me?!
Christmas hugs to you!
Kat
We do a cookie swap here that involves making 8 dozen cookies and I'm about whipped! But I got my cookies made...lol...hope your cookie swap was fantastic!
Sandi
UMMM! My friends are lame and dont back-except one. WE suggested a cookie swap and they poo pooed our idea.
Enjoy! Looks fun!
Your recipe looks absolutely wonderful, Sandi! I can't wait to try it!
Merry Christmas...Kathy
Yummy recipe. I have been toying with the idea of baking cookies this year. I may have to try this recipe out. Love the tree pictures :)
Thanks for sharing this recipe...these sound great!
Sandi,
These sound delicious.
Although, I'm thinking about baking ONE (yes, only one) batch of cookies this Holiday season. Of all your recipes, which one would you recommend I choose to do?
Holiday Cheers!
Kat~ there are no calories on the blog
Sandi~ 8 dozen? that's a bunch
Leigh~ find new friends!
Kathy~ Let me know when you do.
Girasoli~ My kitchen tree is covered with cookie cutters and candy canes
Josh~ My favorite is the chocolate chunk ginger cookie that is like the one at the fickle pickle in Roswell. That would be my choice
Yummo!! I received a lobster cookie cutter the other day as a gift for Christmas. The cutter is huge!!! I don't imagine I would get more than four cookies out of one sugar cookie recipe dough. I used to make peanut butter fudge for Christmas. Forgot all about that. (Going to see if I have any peanut butter.) Merry Christmas to you and yours. ~ Lynn
Gosh darn I'm lickin' my chops over the last 3 posts! I'm really digging the copper cutters and intend on becoming a fine cookie decorator before too long. Have you seen those at http://elenis.com ???
Lynn~ that lobster would take a lot of dough and red food coloring. Maybe better to just hang it on the tree.
Shabby~ my cookies never look 'professional', but they are better than the one's the kids used to make.
I've been searching for a good butter cookie recipe - this one sounds GREAT! Thank you for sharing it! I just love the cookie cutters on the tree! Thank you for joining in, Sandi!
Thanks for the tip. Will check out the chocolate chunk ginger cookie.
I'll also be two houses down from the Fickle Pickle on Monday. Will check that out too.
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