KRIS KRINGLE COOKIES
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.
