WVU Holiday Cookie Guide

Ingredients

1 cup shortening (part butter or margarine)

1 ½ cups sugar

2 eggs

2 ¾ cups flour

2 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon sugar

2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix shortening, 1 ½ cups of sugar and eggs thoroughly. Measure flour by dipping method or by sifting. Blend flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Stir into mixture. Shape dough into 1” balls. Roll in mixture of 2 tbsp sugar and cinnamon. Place 2” apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. These cookies puff up at first, then flatten out. Makes 6 dozen.

These should be on a bow tie.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

¼ cup shortening

¼ cup margarine or butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

2-2/3 cups all purpose flour

½ cup dairy sour cream

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Mix sugar, shortening, margarine, vanilla and egg. Stir in remaining ingredients. Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Roll each part ¼ inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Cut with 2-inch cookie cutter; sprinkle with sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until no indentation remains when touched, 6 to 8 minutes. 4 to 5 dozen cookies.