It's Christmas! Merry Christmas Everyone!
On Friday, my mother-in-law sent bunches of cookies to my parents as a Christmas present. They were wonderful, yummy, assorted cookies. They were also gone in 3 hours. So yesterday I made cookies to replace them. After all, what is Christmas without lots of cookies...yummy, wonderful, happy cookies. So, I made brown sugar cookies and rolled them in crushed candy canes and Andes mint pieces. By the way, since we only had 4 people yesterday, these cookies lasted a whole 24 hours!
Christmas was lots of fun with many goodies. Since I received a food dehydrator and a waffle iron, I am sure that I will have lots of recipes for you to try later. Merry Christmas!
Brown Sugar Cookies (Makes about 4 dozen)
Ingredients:
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 3/4c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 lg egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Beat together shortening, butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until light and fluffy
3. Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt
4. Shape dough into 1 inch balls (a small ice cream scoop works well for this!)
5. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet (this is the time to roll in crushed peppermints, etc)
6. Bake 12-14 min or until golden brown
7. Remove to cooling rack after 1 minute.
Enjoy!
