Christmas Recipes
Christmas Ornament Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Mix in a bowl the flour, cornstarch and baking powder.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract.
- Stir flour mixture into the remaining creamed ingredients gradually, until blended.
- Cover and chill for 15 minutes or longer.
- Roll dough on floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness and cut with Christmas-shape cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheets and decorate with sprinkles (or icing could be used, after baking). Pierce a small hole through each cookie, toward the
top center portion (use a barbecue skewer).
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes. Cookies are still pale-colored when finished, not browned.
- Cool on a cookie sheet.
- Store in an airtight tin for 2 to 3 weeks.
- Use yarn or wire ornament hangers to hang cookies on your Christmas tree.
- They are best if eaten and replenished daily.
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