Christmas Cookie Recipes For the Holidays

Christmas Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

Directions:

1/2 lb.	- butter	1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. 2. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. 3. Add flour and vanilla, mixing to form dough. 4. Shape into small balls and place on cookie sheet. 5. Flatten with bottom of glass that has been dipped in granulated sugar. 6. Beat at 325 degrees F for 10 minutes. 7. Remove from pan while warm.
1/2 cup + 3 Tbsp.	- granulated sugar
2 cups	- all purpose flour
1 tsp.	- vanilla extract

Christmas Date Cookies

Ingredients:

Directions:

1 3/4 cups	- flour	1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 2. In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, cloves, walnuts, salt, cinnamon and dates well. 3. Next add eggs, sugar, crisco, baking soda and hot water- one at a time, beating after each one. 4. Knead into a dough. 5. Drop in little balls on greased cookie sheet. 6. Bake 15 minutes at 375 degrees F. 7. Remove from pan while warm.
1/4 tsp.	- cloves
1 cup	- English walnuts
1/4 tsp.	- salt
3/4 tsp.	- cinnamon
1 cup	- chopped dates
1 cup	- sugar
2	- eggs
1/2 cup	- crisco
3/4 tsp.	- baking soda
3 Tbsp.	- hot water