Mr. Krohn’s “Christmas Cookies”

Mr. Krohn’s Christmas Cookies

       This is a very old Mennonite recipe that originally called for lard from the fall butchering of the pig.  It was modernized during the 1970’s to substitute Crisco.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 cup sour milk (add a dash of vinegar to the cup of regular milk)
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup shortening (Crisco has cup blocks out now, very handy)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. nutmeg (or your substitute spice)
• 3 ½ cups flour

Frosting: 

• 1 lb. powdered sugar
• 3 tbsp. butter
• 2 tbsp. milk (add more VERY gradually if needed)

Directions

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Note: When I originally scooped them out with an ice cream scooper and baked them, they came out like igloos, press them down some to make more of a regular-sized cookie. We also used parchment paper to bake them on which worked well.

Step 1

Bake at 375 degrees for 10 min. (I usually do 11-12 minutes in the oven). Eat profusely when done.