CHRISTMAS COOKIES 1/2 c. butter or margarine 1/2 c. sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder 2 3/4 c. flour In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with mixer. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add baking powder and flour, one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff. It may be necessary to blend the last flour in by hand. Do not chill dough. Divide dough into two balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle, approximately 12-inches in diameter. Dough should be 1/8-inch thick. Dip cookie cutters in flour before each use. Pick up dough from around cut cookies. Place cookies onto ungreased cookie sheet with a spatula dipped in flour. Bake on top rack of 350 degrees oven for 6 to 7 minutes until cookies are light brown. Remove cookies from sheet immediately after taking from oven. Then, ice cookies. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |