Lori Smith
We were trading recipes with friends and Kwachy gave us a couple of great ones. She said “I’ll trade you for the best cut-out cookie recipe ever. These are just as good without icing as with, which is rare for a sugar cookie. The brown sugar is the secret:”
She was right, of course!
- 1 lb butter
- 1 c brown sugar
- 1 c white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 5 1/2 c flour
Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs and water, add dry ingredients and refrigerate till ready to roll and cut
I frost with:
- 1/3 c softened butter
- 1 lb powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 c milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
I hate to make these all by myself, but they are required. I have cookie cutters for every holiday, so we get these in pumpkin shapes in the fall, Christmas shapes in December and hearts in February. By spring we can’t waddle.
- Amaretti
- Aunt Dolores’ Rum Balls
- Aunt Emma’s Apricot Cookies
- Butter Rum Biscotti
- Cannoli Biscotti
- Cedro/Citron Biscotti
- Chocolate Amarena Cherry Biscotti
- Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti
- Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti
- Chocolate Sambuca Biscotti
- Chocolate Snowballs
- Christmas Turtles
- Coconut Balls
- Cuccidati
- Debbie’s Ginger Snaps
- Frosted Nutmeg Logs
- German Spritzer Cookies
- Gina Lollobrigida’s Wreath Cookies
- Gingerbread Biscotti
- Joanna’s Wedding Rings
- Karabij
- Kwachy’s Cut-Out Cookies
- Kwachy’s Melt-A-Ways
- Lemon Coconut Cookies
- Marie’s Jelly Strips
- Orange Macadamia Biscotti
- Pecan Balls
- Peppermint Patties
- Pfeffernusse
- Pistachio Biscotti
- Quadruple Orange Biscotti
- Ricotta Cookies
- Rolled Cut-Out Cookies
- See’s Original Fudge
- Spice Christmas Cookies
- Springerle Cookies
- Tequila Mockingbird Biscotti
- The Justin Trudeau Biscotti
- Torrone
- Torrone al Cioccolato
- Uncle Rudy’s Pizzelle’s
- Uncle Rudy’s Biscotti
- Vanilla Almond Cookies
- Walnut Butter Cookies