Christmas Recipes
German Christmas Cookies
Yield: 6 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening, half butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
Instructions
- Blend shortening and sugar together.
- Add grated lemon rind.
- Add eggs, reserving 1 white, and beat mixture until light.
- Sift flour, Measure and add salt. Sift again.
- Slowly add sifted dry ingredients and work to a smooth, stiff dough.
- Shape into rolls 2 inches in diameter and chill for several hours in refrigerator.
- Slice 1/8 inch thick and roll on a board with flat part of the hand into fingerlike sticks. Shape like an "S."
- Chill again.
- Dip into slightly beaten egg white and then into granulated sugar.
- Bake at 325 degrees F until golden brown.