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Grandma Smith's Christmas Cookies Recipe

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Grandma Smith's Christmas Cookies
1 cup Shortening or margarine
2 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Milk
2 tsp Baking powder
5 1/2 cup Flour
Colored sugars or icing


Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at
a time, then beat in milk. Sift baking powder and flour together. Reduce
speed and, with mixer running, add flour to creamed mixture, 1 cup at a
time. Continue beating until mixture pulls cleanly away from sides of
work bowl, 30 to 45 seconds. If necessary, add a little more flour.
Chill 1 hour.
Remove from refrigerator at least 30 minutes before rolling out. Roll
out dough 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick on lightly floured board. Cut in shapes
and transfer to ungreased baking sheet. Decorate with sugar and bake at
350 degrees until light brown, about 10 minutes.
Alternatively, cut in shapes, bake at 350 degrees until light brown,
and then decorate with icing.
Yields 6 dozen cookies.

Each cookie: 81 calories; 46 mg sodium; 6 mg cholesterol; 3 grams fat;
13 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.03 gram fiber

Recipe Source:
Los Angeles Times - 12-20-1998

Formatted for Mastercook by Lynn Thomas - dcqp82a@prodigy.com

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.


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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 59 Calories; trace Fat (4.1%
calories from fat); 1g Protein; 13g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 5mg
Cholesterol; 16mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0
Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Preparation Time: 0:00

Serves: 72
 


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