Heirloom Clifford Tea Cookies Food

CLIFFORD TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and nuts and set aside.
• Cream together in large mixing bowl the oleo, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• In batches, mix in dry ingredients. Using a strong butter knife to mix with makes mixing easier, but it is a very stiff dough.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• When ready to bake, heat oven to 400 (F). Roll into small 1" balls, flatten with bottom of glass, on an UNGREASED cookie sheet. You can space them close together as they do not spread much in baking.
• Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool on pan 2 minutes before transferring to cooling racks. Store in air tight container.

TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Add dry ingredients a little at a time. Add vanilla. Drop by teaspoons on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Do not over cook. Cool on racks.

SWEDISH HEIRLOOM CRUMBLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and butter at medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add 1 cup confectioners sugar and salt; mix well.
• Stir in flour. Add water, vanilla extract and almonds, stirring well.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten. Bake at 325 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes or until done.
• Dredge warm cookies in confectioners' sugar.

TEA COOKIES I

Steps:

• Beat together the butter and confectioners' sugar till creamy. Add vanilla.
• Mix the dry ingredients, stir into creamy mixture. Blend well.
• Add the nuts, mix well, roll the dough out into two balls. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Flatten dough out and cut into 15 or 20 equal size pieces, shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes till firm but not brown. While still warm roll into confectioners' sugar, let cool and roll again.

OLD-FASHIONED TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour. Roll dough into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly with fingers. , Bake until edges are golden brown, 17-20 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.