Blue Ribbon Winner Holiday Cutout Cookies
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
8 Dozen
ingredients
- 1 cup shortening, crisco preferred
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Cream shortening and butter with powdered sugar til light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time til incorporated; mixing well; add extracts til blended.
- Sift flour, baking soda and cream of tartar in separate bowl. Stir with whip until well blended.
- Add dry mixture to batter; mixing just until incorporated and creamy. Do not overbeat.
- Chill in bowl for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Roll out on lightly floured board or between Saran Wrap sheets.
- Cut out and transfer to lightly greased cookie sheets.
- Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes. Do not overbrown. Edges should be very light brown.
- Leave on cookie sheet exactly one minute before transferring to cooling rack. The cookie should have a crisp melt in your mouth texture.
- Souce: Blue Ribbon Winner Cookie Entry Minnesota State Fair 1987.
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Training culinary:2 years culinary school Houston Community College (downtwn branch highly recommend) French pastry and artisan breads. I am immersed in family, spouse and everything homeside. it is now my time having retired, to do all the fun things I couldn't do while working. I believe life is most bountiful when we serve others. I also believe the best cooks are those who cook and bake with a love of making people happy. I especially enjoy sending cookies to our soldiers in Iraq. It is a joy to read their letters and emails of appreciation for a taste of home. I also love sewing, upholstery, gardening,church activities and remodeling take up the time not spent with family. I hope I can be as helpful to the cooks on Recipezaar as they have been helpful to me. When time permits I love to test and review recipes on this site that appeal to me. I am also a believer in power naps.