Mennonite Soft White Cookies
photo by Nimmireth
- Ready In:
- 1hr 24mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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60 cookies
ingredients
- 236.59 ml shortening
- 354.88 ml sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 236.59 ml buttermilk
- 946.36 ml all-purpose flour
- 22.18 ml baking powder
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 2.46 ml salt
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Icing
- 29.58 ml butter or 29.58 ml margarine
- 29.57 ml milk
- 2.46 ml vanilla
- 354.88-473.18 ml icing sugar
- 118.29 ml shredded coconut (optional)
directions
- Cream shortening and sugar together.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
- Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Stir flour mixture, alternately with the buttermilk, into the creamed mixture, until it forms a soft ball. Add extra flour if necessary.
- Cover and chill in the fridge for about 1 hour.
- Roll out on a floured surface to about 1/4 inch thickness, cut into circles or desired shapes and place on cookie sheets.
- Bake at 375 degrees F. for 9 minute.
- Mix all icing ingredients until mixture is of spreading consistency. Make sure butter/margarine is softened before using. You can also add food colouring if desired!
- When cookies are cool, ice with icing.
- Sprinkle coconut on tops as desired.
Reviews
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Had a great time making (as well as sharing!) these wonderful cookies! I did use a small-size cookie cutter so have a lot of them to share with neighbors & other friends! I do love coconut, so was probably a bit too generous with that ingredient! Thanks for sharing this great recipe! [Made & reviewed for one of my adopted chef in this Spring's Pick A Chef event]