Don't you think it's about time that we create a Family Cookbook? Well, I DO! I've spent some time researching trying to come up with the easiest (free) way to get it going, and I believe this is it. Please post any of your favorite recipes, also any tips -- cooking, household, beauty, whatever -- and any inspirational thoughts (whether your own, or someone else's.) I would LOVE to have pictures to include as well. You could take pictures of the dishes/recipes you are submitting, or even just great pictures (or even below average pictures) of you and your family!

Please label each post with an appropriate label (i.e., salad, dessert, vegetarian, household tip, inspiration, etc.) Go ahead and add labels as needed; and it's ok to have more than one label per recipe/post.

My plan is to take what we assemble here, and put it into book form. I would love to have it ready for our Thanksgiving Extravaganza!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Neverfail Sugar Cookies

Neverfail Sugar Cookies
(from The Mormon Cookbook 1963)
Cream together:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

Sift together:
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Add to dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix well. Refrigerate dough for 4 hours or overnight. Divide dough into 2 balls and roll out to a 1/4 inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut out cookies and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow cookies to cool then decorate with Butter Cream Icing.

Butter Cream Icing
1/2 cup butter
Cream together butter, extract, and powdered sugar. Gradually add milk to desired consistency. (Remember: using liquid food coloring will thin the frosting, so leave the base a little thicker than you want it to be.)
2 cups powdered sugar
1/8 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

This recipe makes about 30 cut out cookies.
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