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Kris Kringle Cookies

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KRIS KRINGLE COOKIES

Course after church coffee hour, Cookie, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword christmas, cookie, cooky

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda dissolved in 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 ½ cups flour approximately

Instructions

  • Cream butter and sugar together.
  • Add vanilla, milk, soda, and eggs, then salt and cream of tartar sifted with 3 cups flour.
  • Add enough additional flour to make a dough that may be rolled. (Chilling helps in handling.)
  • Roll on lightly floured board to desired thickness.
  • Cut and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet in 400° oven 8 to 15 minutes, depending on thickness.
  • Various flavors of dry gelatin are excellent as top decorations for cookies.
  • Spread cookies lightly with a little egg white and sprinkle with gelatin (or colored sugar) before baking.

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