Indian Sugar Cookies Food

NATIVE AMERICAN FEAST DAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350º F.
• In a mixing bowl, cream 2/3 cup of sugar and lard.
• Add egg and blend thoroughly.
• Stir in the flour, baking powder, vanilla, and anise seed, blending thoroughly.
• Gradually add milk until a stiff dough is formed.
• Mix in the pinon nuts.
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured board to 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut into 2 inch cookies with a cookie cutter.
• Sprinkle the tops with mixture of the remaining sugar and cinnamon.
• Bake the cookies on a well greased baking sheet for about 15 minutes or until golden.
• Cool on a rack.
• Makes 2 dozen two inch cookies.

INDIAN SUNFLOWER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream oil, brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Add flour, soda, salt (unless seeds are salted). Add oats and sunflower seeds.
• Cook @ 350 degrees 10-15 minutes.

CARDAMOM COOKIES RECIPE - INDIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• In a bowl, beat the butter, sugar and ground cardomom for 3 minutes.
• Then with the beater going add the eggs one at a time.
• When the mixture is light and fluffy , add the flour and salt by hand, being gentle with the dough.
• When the soft dough is ready, drop the batter using a spoon onto a nonstick cookie sheet.
• Place them 1/2" apart.
• Bake these cookies in a preheated oven at 325 F for 10 - 11 minutes or till the cookies have a golden color.
• Repeat the baking procedure for the remaining dough.

INDIAN SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the lard and beat in sugar.
• Cream again.
• Beat in the egg and rose.
• Mix in 4 cups of the flour, adding more until dough is able to be rolled out.
• Cut in circles or shapes.
• Pat cinnamon sugar onto cookie tops.
• Bake on ungreased 325 oven until lightly browned.