Filled Christmas Cookies
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon real vanilla
- omit nutmeg and vanilla
- sub with 1 tsp. lemon extract
- and 1/2 tsp lemon zest
- Cream first two ingredients.
- Add milk, eggs and mix.
- Add to well mixed dry ingredients.
- Add nutmeg and vanilla.
- Refrigerate one hour or more.
- Roll out 1/4 of the chilled dough.
- Cut out half the rounds using a biscuit cutter.
- Place whole rounds on a cookie sheet.
- Add two teaspoons of filling.
- Use a donut cutter to make rounds with a hole.
- Top cookie with these so filling can peek through.
- Crimp/seal edges with finger tips or fork.
- Bake 400 F for 8-10 minutes.
- Cookies shouuld be pale while bottoms are golden brown.
- Fillings I prefer: Mincemeat, date filling, jellies, jams, cherry pie filling.
shortening, white sugar, milk, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, vanilla, nutmeg, lemon extract, lemon zest
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/filled-christmas-cookies-21562 (may not work)