Mrs Schallers Sugar Cookies Food

MRS. SCHALLER'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream sugar, butter and vanilla until light colored. Beat in eggs.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. In a separate small bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk. Stir the egg mixture and buttermilk mixture into the dry incrementally. The dough should be stiff. Refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters and arrange on cookie sheets.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

MRS. ROBINSON'S MELTAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine cheese and 1 cup of the softened butter in a large mixer bowl; mix thoroughly.
• Add flour gradually, beating until dough forms a ball (add extra flour if dough doesn't form a good ball).
• Divide dough into thirds; wrap in wax paper and chill several hours.
• Roll each piece into a 9-inch circle on a lightly floured board.
• Combine remaining butter, sugar, cinnamon, and pecans; spread each circle of the dough with 1/3 of the sugar mixture.
• Cut each circle into 16 pie shaped pieces and roll each up tightly, beginning at the wide end.
• Place the pointed end down on a greased cookie sheet.
• Beat egg yolks and water together and brush on cookies.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 400F about 20 minutes.

MRS. SCHALLER'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream sugar, butter and vanilla until light colored. Beat in eggs.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. In a separate small bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk. Stir the egg mixture and buttermilk mixture into the dry incrementally. The dough should be stiff. Refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters and arrange on cookie sheets.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 8 to 10 minutes.