25 Days of Christmas
Day 8
This is a recipe my mom used every Christmas as I was growing up and now I make them every year. I wouldn’t use any other sugar cookie recipe.
This recipe allows you to leave them plain, sugared, or frosted.
This is a recipe that will allow you to make the dough in advance and leave in a refrigerator until you are ready to bake. You also do not have to frost at the same time. You can bake and decorate on another day or time.
I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and friends have.
Happy Baking…
Ingredients
1 c sugar
1/2 c melted shortening
1/2 c sour milk (1/2 tsp vinegar to 1/2 c milk)
1 tsp baking soda (added to sour milk)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
dash salt
3 c flour (approximately, add more or less to mixture insuring the dough isn’t too sticky to work with)
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine sugar, shortening, and egg. Mix sour milk and baking soda together (should be foamy). Stir in salt, vanilla and flour (enough to make dough still but not sticky).
Roll on floured surface and cut with cutters. Add colored sugar if desired or leave plain. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 7-10 minutes. When baked, remove from cookie sheet on to a cooling wire rack. When cooled, if wish, happy decorating. I included an easy frosting recipe yesterday to this category.
(When I make I will attach my photos later.
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I am a wife, mom, and daughter. I served in the United States Army, went to college, received a Batchelor's Degree in Criminology, homeschooled my daughter every year from start to finish, and now I am currently a daycare teacher's aide (soon to be a two-year-old teacher coming this fall).
I married my husband when he was in the United States Army so I have the unique knowledge of what it is like to be on both sides of a Military uniform.
While we were stationed in Germany, my daughter, who is 24 years old now, was born and I made the difficult decision to put my career on hold to be her mom.
The past 20 years have been wrought with many struggles but as a result of those struggles, this blog was created.
As the years passed and the struggle kept coming, I would say, "I'm not sure why we have to go through all of this, but if we have to then it is my desire to allow my story to serve as a means of encouragement to others so all this pain isn't for nothing."
The years passed and the struggles did not. However, I feel now is the time God wants me to share these stories of hardships with the hopes they provide encouragement to you if you are struggling in the same way. It is my prayer they will serve as a healing opportunity for you.
I want you to know you are not alone. There are others who know where you are and what you are feeling.
Cling to the hope this won't last forever and that God is standing beside you while He holds you up and dries your tears. He is showing you the way, you just need to follow Him.
Big Hugs, Heidi
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