Directions: |
Directions:Cookies:
Bake at 350º for 10 to 12 minutes.
Beat eggs in a large mixing bowl. Mix in all other ingredients and only 3 cups of flour. Stir and mix well. Keep adding the flour 1 cup at a time and stir until you have used all 6 cups. You may have to use more flour in order to keep it from being sticky. You keep using your hands and mix until dough forms into a soft dough, smooth enough to handle without it sticking to your hands.
Have greased cookie sheets ready. Now on a lightly floured board, you can shape dough as you like. Make long strips, and cut about 3" long and twist around fingers. Set them on your cookie tray. Bake them and then cool and they can be iced later.
Thin Icing:
Mix icing ingredients well. Add more sugar if too thin. Spread a little icing on top of each cookie and then some tiny colored candies or sprinkles.
With the same dough recipe you can make all kinds of shapes.
1. Some can be rolled out very thin, cut dough with cutter and shape like diamonds. Fill each one with grape preserves or apricot preserves. Just 1/2 tsp. in each cookie. Fold dough over and pinch closed. Bake in same manner.
2. This is a recipe for chocolate stuffed cookies using the same dough.
Cook 3/4 cup of raisins for 5 minutes in a saucepan with some water. Strain the water and leave just a little moist. Return pot to stove, cooking very slowly. Put in 1 small bag of chocolate chips, 1 tsp. almond flavoring, 1 tsp. vanilla, and some lemon rind, 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tbsp. of flour. Stir till all melts. If too thin, add more flour.
With rolling pin, roll dough into a rectangular shape 4" x 12" long. Fill down the center with above filling. Roll dough over like jelly roll and pat down. Place on baking sheets and bake. When done, remove carefully and cut into little pieces. Let cool on wire rack. |
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