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Serves
15-20 cookies
Author Notes
My mother’s mother, Ruth Hendricks Schoenberger made these with my mother when she changed into a baby and my mother in flip made them with myself and my siblings. My grandmother changed into a pressure to be reckoned with in her baking abilities (her mother changed into a legendary baker in her time I’m told), pondering nothing of whipping up pie crusts, yeast rolls, and these sugar cookies on a day after day basis for nearly 7 a long time. She married gradual for wait on then (in 1936 on the age of 26) as she awaited my grandfather (in Cincinnati, OH) who traveled around to other states to search out work all the plot by the Despair. I recall her telling me that she would focus on over with him and constantly bring something she baked with her. I map no longer know if she brought these nonetheless I would decide to think so. I factor in her mixing these up and striking them in her icebox to take a seat again out then chopping and baking them sooner than taking the teach to focus on over with her beloved. Her proper recipe requires the cookies to be rolled out (she called them Christmas Cutouts on her recipe card) nonetheless I attain no longer bear the counter/desk condominium so icebox cookies gave the impact take care of a factual recommendation to partner with my narrative of her baking them in that manner. Her recipe also requires cake flour (which I failed to bear) so I made my bear combining 3/4 c. white total wheat flour with 2 tblsp. cornstarch to equal 1 c. cake flour (I doubled it to bear ample for these cookies. You may perchance well well earn this on http://joyofbaking.com). —testkitchenette
Formula
1/4 cup
butter, softened
1/2 cup
sugar
1
egg
1 1/2 teaspoons
milk/cream
1/2 teaspoon
vanilla-
zest of 1/2 lemon
1 1/4 cups
cake flour or white total wheat flour and cornstarch combination described above.
1 teaspoon
baking powder
1/4 teaspoon
salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F and put collectively baking sheet with parchment paper/silicone liner.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and bear aside. Mix the egg, milk or cream, vanilla, and lemon zest in a miniature bowl and bear aside.
- The usage of a handheld mixer or good one, cream the butter and add the sugar gradually. Add the egg, milk/cream, vanilla, and lemon combination. Add the flour combination and blend thoroughly. Salvage real into a trek browsing parchment paper.
- Take a seat again in a single day. Cut with knife or dental floss (no wax or mint please) into scant 1/2″ slices. Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool at the same time as you may perchance well wait that lengthy to taste them.
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