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Ingredients
| salted butter: 1 lb |
| granulated sugar: 2 cups |
| eggs: 2 (large//beaten) |
| baking soda: 1/4 tsp |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 5 cups |
| cream of tartar: 1 tsp |
Mom Snyder's Cut out Christmas Cookies
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
10 min -
Servings
30 serving(s)
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- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add beaten eggs.
- Sift flour, baking soda and cream of tartar together.
- Add dry ingredients to wet (flour mix to butter mix); mix together.
- Chill several hours or overnight (cover dough with plastic wrap).
- Use a mixture of 1 cup flour and a 1/2 cup powdered sugar to dust work surface and rolling pin.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Roll out to desired thickness, cut out and decorate with colored sugar or jimmies.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from pan and cool on brown paper (we always used brown paper bags-cut open and laid plain (inside) side up.
- Use all scraps and re-roll dough until used up.
- Store in sealed containers.