Holiday Sugar Cookie
Holiday Sugar Cookie
By Michael Mech |
November 21, 2015 12:00 pm
What’s better than a homemade sugar cookie to bring back a childhood memory from the past? It’s a great recipe for the youngsters in the family to create a treat for Santa or as a holidays gift for family and friends. Just have plenty of milk on hand!
2 1/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour (extra for rolling)
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
Colored sugars, sprinkles, or icing
1
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together.
2
Cream shortening and sugar together, then the beaten eggs, vanilla and lemon zest, mixing well.
3
Add sifted flour mixture and milk and mix well.
4
Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
5
On a floured board roll out in a traditional method and, using cookie cutters dipped in flour, cut to desired shapes.
6
Place on parchment paper lined pans, and decorate with colored sugars and sprinkles, pressing into the dough.
7
Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
Michael Mech
Michael Mech was born and raised in the heart of small-town America in Blue Island,
Illinois. A bedroom community of Chicago, the town has a long and rich history to the
early 1860s. Perhaps this is why classical methods of preparation and vintage recipes influence his cooking and baking so strongly to this day.
Chef Mike has always been a booster to small-town life and bungalow living, but he’s no stranger to the big lights of the city. Mike has been featured in Chicago magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the New York Times, and recently in Who’s Hungry magazine. The Emmy-winning, PBS
television show Ask This Old House featured his home to restore the kitchen to its historical roots, and Mike demonstrated his culinary skills on the show.
A natural with the food landscape of Chicago, Mike served as the guide to the wide variety of cuisine of the Windy City to world famous chef David Rosengarten, as documented recently in Forbes magazine. Mike keeps a blog and website as The Bungalow Chef, where he shares “food
stories,” vintage recipes, and the “art of real, American cuisine.”
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