Hi All, Here's my Grandmother's recipe for Sugar Cookies. 1 Cup sugar (Castor sugar in the UK I think) 3/4 C. butter 1/4 C. milk 2 eggs, well beaten 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 t. salt 1/4 t. nutmeg 1 t. vanilla flour
Mix ingredients together. Add enough flour to be able to roll the dough. Do not get dough too stiff. Bake at 400F for 12 minutes. I realize I've never made these myself because I don't know how much flour. The dough needs to be about as stiff as pie dough if that's any help! You can just sprinkle colored sugar on the cookies but my mother always frosted them with Buttercream frosting and we'd sprinkle that with colored sugar, cinnamon hearts, etc. Buttercream Frosting 1 pound Confectioners 10-X Sugar (powdered sugar) 1/2 C butter or margarine, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 Tablespoons milk Beat together all ingredients until smooth. Add more milk if frosting is too thick for spreading. My parents moved to Oregon from Delaware about 12 years ago and I don't go out there for Christmas so I haven't had these cookies since. I've been thinking about making them because they're so good! I think the nutmeg makes them extra special. This year my brother sent me some gifts and they included some of these Christmas cookies - YUM!! He lives near our parents so his girlfriend, her 6 year old, my sister and Mom made the cookies together. They had a good time and the taste of the cookies really took me back <G>. Jane in Vermont, USA where the pouring rain stopped and it's around freezing again so the driveway is a skating rink. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
