Christmas Cookies
Joan Brune’s recipe
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter 🧈
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, unbeaten 🥚
2 tsp vanilla
6½ cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp nutmeg
2 cup buttermilk (mixed with 2 tsp baking soda)
ICING INGREDIENTS
12 cups powdered sugar
3⅔ cup crisco
8–12 tbsp cold water
4 tsp vanilla
* Beat on low mixer setting till fully combined *
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 425º
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar till fluffy, then mix in eggs and vanilla
In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients
Alternately mix in flour and buttermilk + baking soda
Roll out on floured board to ½” thick and cut with cookie cutters
Place on greased cookie sheet (or lined with parchment paper)
Bake for 12 min.