Buttermilk Jumbles Food

BUTTERMILK JUMBLES

Steps:

• Stir flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Beat in the eggs, one at time.
• Stir in the vanilla and buttermilk alternately with the dry ingredients.
• Cover dough and chill several hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease cookie sheets.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• Combine the Cinnamon and sugar, sprinkle onto each cookie.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

CINNAMON JUMBLES

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at time. Next, stir in the vanilla and buttermilk alternately with the sifted ingredients. Cover dough and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Generously grease cookie sheets.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart. Combine the cinnamon and sugar, sprinkle some of the mixture onto each cookie.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

OLD-TIME CINNAMON JUMBLES

Steps:

• For the cookies,beat the shortening and softened butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the sugar, beating well. Add the egg, beating well. Add the buttermilk, vanilla, and ground nutmeg, mixing until blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to shortening mixture, beating well. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. For the topping, combine the sugar and ground cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the cookies. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

VALENTINE CHOCOLATE JUMBLES

Steps:

• 1. In large bowl combine cookie ingredients with mixer until well blended. Chill several hours or overnight.
• 2. Roll out dough about 1/4" thick between sheets of waxed paper. Cut into heart shapes with 2-1/2" heart-shaped cutter, then cut out centers with 1" heart-shaped cutter. Place on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Reroll scraps and repeat until all dough is used up. Chill again briefly before baking. Bake in center of oven preheated to 350 8-10 minutes, or until edges are firm. Cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
• 3. Combine icing ingredients except food coloring. Add more confectioners' sugar or water to achieve spreading consistency. Ice cooled cookies. EITHER let icing harden a few hours and paint designs of your choice with red food coloring and very fine brush. OR sprinkle wet icing with valentine-themed colored sprinkles, let dry completely.

CINNAMON JUMBLES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400.
• 2. Cream shortening and sugar together, add egg mix well, add buttermilk and vanilla.
• 3. Sift togehter flour, baking soda, and salt.
• 4. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three additions until just combine.
• 5. Chill dough 1-2 hours.
• 6. Drop rounded tspns. of dough into cinnamon sugar mixture, place 2 inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet, bake until set but not brown, 8-10 minutes.