Saturday Baking

Grandma Ruth's Valentine Cut-Out Cookies














Ingredients
2.5 Cups Flour
1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Cup Sugar
1 Egg
3/4 Tsp Salt
1 Cup Crisco
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
4 Tbs Milk

Combine flour, baking soda & salt and stir together. Mix sugar, Crisco, egg & vanilla until combined, then add in dry ingredients. Stir in milk at the end. Roll dough into a ball and let sit in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Once cooled, roll onto a floured board, cut with cookie cutters and place on non-greased cookie sheet. Cook for 9 minutes at 350 degrees.

Frosting
1/2 Cup Butter
1# Box Powdered Sugar
1 Egg White
3 Tbs Maraschino Cherry Juice

Wait until cookies are mostly cool, then frost with above mixture. Bring some to the neighbors to keep your glucose levels in check.


*I had to set some cookies aside for Dave so he can experiment with a glaze ;).

Happy Baking!

XXOO

Erin