Ingredients: 3 eggs 2 sticks butter 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup evaporated milk 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon almond extract or 2 tsp. nutmeg and 1 1/2 tb vanilla 2 teaspoons baking powder 7 1/2 cups flour

Recipe Info Category: Desserts Rating: 4 Contributor: Cecilia Garrison

Beat eggs. Add butter, sugar, milk and mix. Mix soda in a little water (enough to stir) and add to mixture. Sift flour and baking powder together and blend gradually into cookie mixture. Grease and flour cookie sheets. Roll dough into 1/4 inch thickness and cut with a sunburst-style cookie cutters and place on cookie sheet. Bake at 375F for 10 to 12 minutes.

For icing, sift powdered sugar and stir in milk until mixture reaches icing consistency. Add vanilla extract for flavor and stir. Divide icing into containers and add food coloring to each container to obtain desired colors. Ice cookies after they have cooled. Allow icing to dry before moving cookies.

ICING:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 to 3 drops food coloring