Holiday Cookies

Love this cookie - with soft tender dough - it carries the flavor of toppings well.  Made these with a small dollop of jam/jelly.  I used to taste these during the holidays made by other bakers who commonly covered them with a lemon zest icing.  I can see these any shape and size, decorated like ginger bread cookies for Christmas.  It is just an overall great soft cookie treat.

Sour Cream Cookies

.......bake at 375 until desired light golden brown/dough should be refrigerated before baking/roll out using powdered sugar or flour/cut into desired shapes/make an indention for jam or jelly/ ice or cover with powdered sugar

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening (I use butter/ 1 stick)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

recipe from 

http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com

Ginger Bread

Mary Berry’s gingerbread recipe…

375g unsalted butter

300g dark muscovado sugar

150g golden syrup

900g plain flour

1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tbsp ground ginger

For the icing

3 egg whites

675g icing sugar, sifted

3 tsp lemon juice

To decorate 

1 x 30cm square cake board

6 cocktail sticks

200g giant milk chocolate buttons

15 yellow or orange boiled sweets

2 night-light candles