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My best friend & I call ourselves the Freakish Food Cult. Why freakish? Because we LOVE food. Eating it, discussing it, making it....perhaps to a freakish degree. We are two ordinary mothers, wives & women. We have no culinary training other than what we've learned from our families, cookbooks & from each other. We are learning to cook. We enjoy cooking new and fabulous meals & we love sharing our successes, tips & favorite recipes with whomever will listen. We also cook from family recipes (which include Lebanese & Filipino foods), cookbooks, magazines - especially Everyday Food, on-line sites & recipes passed on from friends.

This blog serves to document our efforts, highlight our highest rated recipes & serve as inspiration for the culinarily uninspired. The recipes we love the most are easy, quick & yield delicious results. We are two busy moms for Heaven's sake! We don't have time to slave away in the kitchen! We hope you enjoy our posts & give one of our favorite recipes a try.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

MOM'S SUGAR COOKIES

My mom baking with the kids

Christmas at our house is not complete without our favorite frosted sugar cookies.  The smell! The taste!  They bring me back to happy childhood memories in an instant!  I crave these cookies and because of that I do not make them very often.  I have absolutely no will-power or common sense when it comes to eating them.  If you leave them on the counter unattended they will be eaten.  In mass quantity.  I absolve myself of all blame.   They are the crack cocaine of Cookiedom and I am a Christmas cookie addict.

These cookies are mildly labor intensive what with all the chilling, rolling, cutting, baking & frosting, but do not be discouraged!  They are so worth it!  I hope you give them a try, give them to your friends & neighbors & bake them with your children.  I have such fond memories of making these with my Mom & sister at Christmastime.  I hope that you too will find a new Christmas tradition in making these with your loved ones.

MOM'S SUGAR COOKIES

Sift the following:
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

In another bowl cream together:
3/4 c. Crisco or butter
1 c. sugar

Add to Crisco & sugar:
2 eggs
2 T. milk
1 tsp. lemon extract
1 tsp. almond extract

Add flour mixture other ingredients, mix, 
cover with waxed paper or plastic wrap & 
chill 30 min to several hours
Roll thin & cut with cookie cutters
Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 min.

FROSTING:
Powdered sugar
add almond & lemon extracts (about a capful of each - to taste)
Add milk & mix to desired consistency

Divide frosting into small bowls.  Add food coloring.  Frost.  Embellish with sprinkles, red hots, dragees (silver & gold balls), etc...
I HIGHLY SUGGEST DOUBLING OR TRIPLING THIS RECIPE AS THE COOKIES WILL NOT LAST LONG!
Frosted cookies can also be frozen to give you the illusion that you are not eating them as quickly as you actually are.

Guten Apetit & Merry Christmas!
Gemma
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  1. UnknownDecember 23, 2010 at 6:12 AM

    LOVE josh's apron! We are making these today....hope walmart is not sold out if the sprinkles!

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