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Jeanette's Spicy Cut-Out Cookies (to be painted) Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cookie dough:
2 cups sugar
3 eggs, whipped
1 cup shortening (1 stick butter and 8 Tablespoons of Crisco)
4 cups flour (or a gluten free flour mix with 124 grams of tapioca flour, 124 grams of sorghum flour, 248 grams of brown rice flour and 3 tsp xanthan gum)
1 teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 Tablespoons water or orange juice

Paint:
Powdered Sugar
water
food color paste
Directions:
Directions:
Cream shortening and sugar; beat in whipped eggs. Add baking powder and spices to one cup of the flour. Beat the cup of flour/spice mix into the shortening mixture; add water or orange juice, and then add the remaining cups of flour.

Refrigerate the stiff dough overnight. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until very thin. (If you are making these gluten-free, use rice flour to roll out the cookies.) Bake at 350º for about 6 minutes. Cool and then paint.

Paint: Mix together the powdered sugar and water until it is a thick, paint-able consistency. Add paste food color.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
30
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 hour
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
These are great Halloween cookies. Our neighbor, Jeanette, used to make them for her family and selected neighborhood kids. I always loved these!

 

 

 

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