Best 2 Butter Snow Flakes Recipes

BUTTER SNOW FLAKES

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A wonderful Spritz cookie with cinnamon in it. These freeze very well.

Provided by Linda

Categories Desserts Cookies Butter Cookie Recipes Spritz Cookie Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup butter
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange zest

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
In a medium bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and egg yolk; beat until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla and orange zest. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Fill a cookie press or pastry bag with dough, and form cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the cookies are golden brown on the peaks and on the bottoms. Remove from cookie sheets at once to cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 105.3 calories, Carbohydrate 11.6 g, Cholesterol 21.8 mg, Fat 6.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 59.8 mg, Sugar 5.6 g

SNOWFLAKE COOKIES

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This is my mom's Christmas cookie recipe that the kids and I have made for years. Great fun to make and decorate.

Provided by Patty Morris

Categories Desserts Cookies Cut-Out Cookie Recipes

Time 1h40m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 ½ cups white sugar
3 eggs
3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
In a large bowl, cream the shortening with the sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Sift the flour and salt into the creamed mixture and stir in gradually. Chill dough for at least one hour.
Roll the chilled dough out to 1/8 inch thick and cut into desired shapes. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 6 to 8 minutes. Allow cookies to cool before decorating.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 408.9 calories, Carbohydrate 54.9 g, Cholesterol 46.5 mg, Fat 18.7 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.7 g, Sodium 309 mg, Sugar 25.2 g