Snack

Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies is for Snack.

Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies takes several minutes to prepare.

Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies takes several minutes to cook.

Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies makes 72 servings.

The ingredients for Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies are:

1 1/2 cups - granulated sugar
2/3 cup - butter (or shortening - half of each is recommended)
2 whole eggs
2 Tbsp 2% milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/4 cups white flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Here is how you make Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, extract, and milk and blend together.In a medium bowl, mix dry ingredients with a wire wisk. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in large bowl.Mix with mixer until well combined.With hands, shape dough into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and refridgerate for 2-3 hours.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll half or 1/3 of the dough at a time. Keep the rest in the fridge. For crispier cookies, roll the dough thin. For soft cookies, roll dough to 1/8-1/4 inch thick. Flour cookie cutter and cut shapes. Re-roll trimmings and reshape. Place 1/2 inch apart on the cookie sheet and bake for 8 min or until light brown. Let cool then decorate!Makes 6 dozen (depending on the size of your cookie cutters)

The nutritional information for Old-Fashioned Cut Out Christmas Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 72
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 53.7

• Total Fat: 1.9 g
• Cholesterol: 9.7 mg
• Sodium: 35.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 8.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
• Protein: 0.8 g