Kitchen Table Chat Recipes

Ingredients:

4 egg whites
5 cups of sifted confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Directions
Beat egg whites in clean, large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy (use only grade A clean, un-cracked eggs). Gradually add sugar and lemon extract. Beat at high speed until thickened. NOTE: When dry, Royal Icing is very hard and resistant to damage that can occur during shipping/handling.

Suprina’s Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
3 cups of sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 cups of flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt

Directions:
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. Then slowly adding dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture. A mixer is best for this. It can be done by hand, it will just take a while.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough to 1/4 to 1/2 in thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
Place cookies one inch apart on cookie sheet.
Bake for 5 minutes. You HAVE to keep an eye on these cookies. They bake quick.
**A Tip, place a piece of parchment paper on the cookie sheet and bake the cookies on the parchment. The cookies don’t stick and just slide off.

~Enjoy~

EggNog Cookies

Ingredients:
2 and 1/4 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1 and 1/4 cups white sugar

3/4 cups salted butter, softened

1/2 cup eggnog

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 large egg yolks

1 Tbsp ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300′

2. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg

3. Mix well with wire whisk and set aside

4. Cream sugar and butter with electric mixer until forms a grainy paste

5. Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth

6. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed just until combined — do not over mix!

7. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets — 1 ” apart. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg.

8. Bake for 23-25 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown — transfer to cool, flat surface immediately.