Christmas Cookies
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Source & History
This is the Sugar Cookie recipe from the Five Roses Cookbook. The Five Roses Cookbook was published by the Five Roses Flour company in Canada and, when I was growing up, was THE cookbook to give beginners. My copy is much worse for wear but I believe that it is no longer published and is, therefore, irreplaceable.
Some years ago we started making these as Christmas cookies, cutting them into Christmas shapes and decorating with coloured sugar. They were more popular at our house than the richer, fancier Christmas treats.- Author
- Aileen Sorohan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup flour plain
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk slightly beaten
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Stir flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Cream butter, add sugar gradually, beating between additions.
- Add egg yolk, mix well.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, then add vanilla.
- Chill dough thoroughly.
- Roll 5mm thick on lightly floured board.
- Cut with fancy cookie cutters.
- Decorate with coloured sugar, etc.
- Bake on ungreased tray in a moderate oven for 8-10min.