* Exported from MasterCook *

                      Oma's Butter Christmas Cookies

Recipe By     :Jeannette Field
Serving Size  : 0     Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Regular Sweet

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  ---------------------------------
     1/2           cup  Butter
     1/4      teaspoon  Salt
  1                cup  Sugar
  1                     Egg
  2               cups  Flour
  1           teaspoon  Baking soda
  3        tablespoons  Milk
     1/2      teaspoon  Vanilla
  1                     Egg -- beaten
                        Sprinkles -- to decorate

1) Preheat oven to 400°

2) Blend butter, sugar, salt and egg.

3) Blend together dry ingredients.

4) Blend milk and vanilla.

5) Mix dry ingredients and milk alternately to wet ingredients.

6) Blend well.

7) Chill dough for 2- 3 hours.

8) Place 1/4 of dough on a floured surface and roll to 1/8" thick.

9) Cut out with cookie cutters, brush with egg and sprinkle with sprinkles.

10) Place on greased baking sheet.

11) Bake 12- 15 min.

Description:
  "Oma was what my siblings and I  called our grandmother (German for
  "Nana"). Every year until a few years before her death in 1999 (age
  92!) she made these recipes for Christmas."

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 2663 Calories; 105g Fat (35.2% calories from fat); 39g Protein; 394g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 629mg Cholesterol; 2868mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 12 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 19 1/2 Fat; 13 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES :  While perhaps not your conventional Christmas cookie, these always mean Christmas to me.
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