Christmas Cookies and Icing
Recipe By : "Tell Me More" from the Jr League of Lafayette,
LA
- 3 eggs
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon almond extract
- OR 2 tsp. nutmeg and 1 1/2 Tb vanilla
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 7 1/2 cups flour
ICING:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 to 3 drops food coloring
Beat eggs. Add butter, sugar, milk and mix. Mix soda in a little
water
(enough to stir) and add to mixture. Sift flour and baking powder
together and blend gradually into cookie mixture. Grease and flour
cookie
sheets. Roll dough into 1/4 inch thickness and cut with Christmas
cookie
cutters and place on cookie sheet. Bake at 375F for 10 to 12 minutes.
For icing, sift powdered sugar and stir in milk until mixture
reaches
icing consistency. Add vanilla extract for flavor and stir. Divide
icing
into containers and add food coloring to each container to obtain
desired
colors. Ice cookies after they have cooled. Allow icing to dry
before
moving cookies.