White Cutout Cookies

Lego head cookies

White Cutouts

The recipe I use for white cutout cookies was given to my mom by a grade school friend's mom many years ago. The sour cream keeps them soft. So, not dairy-free, but very tasty.

White Cutouts
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 cups flour

• Cream the shortening and sugar.
• Add eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix well.
• Add baking soda and salt to the first cup of flour and mix with the other ingredients.
• Then gradually add the last four cups of flour.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Roll out and bake at 350* for 10-12 minutes.

Notes: I usually use a powdered sugar, vanilla, and water frosting.

Directions for Lego cookies: To make the Lego heads, I used a round cookie cutter, then trimmed the curved edges of the cookies with a bench scraper to make the sides flat but the corners rounded. Next I added a little rectangle on top. After baking, I frosted with yellow, and piped on the black with a zip bag-- (just cut a tiny triangle off the corner of the zip bag to make it into a piping bag).

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