Grandma's Christmas Cutouts
Source of Recipe
BBR
Recipe Introduction
Posted by: kathyf
List of Ingredients
1 cup crisco shortening
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar
4 tbls milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking sodaRecipe
Preheat oven to 400
In a bowl cut shortening into flour as if making pie crust. Add salt. In second bowl, combine eggs and sugar; beat well. Add milk and vanilla; then baking soda. Add wet mixture into dry mixture a bit at a time and mix just until you can form a ball. Roll out (not too thin or they will be crispy!)Cut into desired shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 7-9 minutes or just until barely golden on bottom. Remove to wire racks to cool. Then frost and decorate.
FROSTING
1/3 cup butter, softened (gram insisted on butter only)
4 cups confectioners sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 - 3 tbls milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
In large bowl, cream butter then add remaining ingredients. Beat until frosting is smooth and spreadable. (We divide the frosting into a few bowls to make different colors like green and red for christmas with food coloring) Frost then decorate with colored sugars.
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