Ingredient:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
Direction:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar, then beat into creamed mixture.
Divide the dough into 3 or 4 portions and roll them out, one at a time, on a lightly floured board to a thickness of 1/4-inch. Cut with a cookie cutter and transfer cutouts to a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F. until lightly browned -- no longer than 10 minutes.
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Ingredient: 1 c. butter, softened
2 1/2 c. sugar
6 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. each orange & rum extracts
1 tsp. almond extract
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
3 c. cake flour, sifted
1/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. sour cream
1/2 c. apricot brandy
Direction: Cream butter, gradually add sugar and beat until light. Add
eggs one at a time, beat thoroughly after each. Add
flavoring, then sifted dry ingredients alternately with sour
cream and brandy. Blend well. Put in greased and floured 3
quart bundt pan and bake in slow oven at 325 degrees about 1
hour and 15 minutes. Cool in pan on rack. Keeps very well,
can be frozen which improves flavor. |