Rolled Animal Cookies (1986 Winner)

Cookie & Bar

Difficulty: Easy Servings: 48 Source:

Ingredients

1 cup Butter softened

1 cup Sugar

1 Egg

2 tablespoons Whipping cream

1 teaspoon Baking powder

1/2 teaspoon Baking soda

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Vanilla

3 cups Sifted all-purpose flour

Decorations: colored sugar

Raisins chocolate

Sprinkles chocolate chips

Directions

Cream butter. Gradually add sugar and cream well. Blend in the egg, cream, baking powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Chill dough until firm, several hours (it is hard to roll out otherwise).

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out dough on a floured board to about 1/8- inch thick. Cut into desired shapes with a flour-dipped cookie cutter. Place on ungreased or lightly greased cookie sheet.

Decorate with colored sugar and chocolate sprinkles and use raisins or chocolate chips for the eyes of the animals. Bake for 5-7 minutes or until a little brown. Cool on racks. Don't forget to cut the little holes if you wish to hang on the tree.

Notes

Dough will keep several days or a week in the refrigerator if you don't get around to cutting right away. I store the cookies in tightly covered tins and they are very good keepers if the children don't find them.

From the Chicago Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 4, 1986

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