Making Christmas Cookies today!

Thought I'd share the recipe for my favorites! Enjoy!!

Lemon Fingers

1 cup butter
3 ounces cream cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
yellow food coloring
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Blend butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and cream until fluffy. Combine egg, lemon juice, lemon rind and yellow food coloring. Add to butter mixture.

Sift the flour and baking powder and add to creamed mixture. Chill in refrigerator for about 10 minutes.

Use cookie press to shape dough into "fingers" or strips, about three inches long, onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Happy October!

I love October! Vampires, witches, scarecrows, pumpkins, cookies.

Um, yeah. Cookies. I mean, you eat Christmas cookies, don't you? Why not, then, autumn cookies?

Today I'll be making one of our favorites, molasses cookies. And I'm sharing the recipe with you!
Enjoy!

Molasses Cookies


3/4 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup additional sugar


Combine butter, 1 cup sugar and egg until smooth. Add molasses. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and ginger in separate bowl, then add to molasses mixture.

Cover. Chill dough for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough into walnut sized balls, and roll in additonal sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until tops are cracked.