Dream Cookies aka Sugar Cookies

Dream cookies aka sugar cookies are a recipe that was given to my Mom by my Nana (my Dad's mom).  It is one of the few memories I have of her since she passed away 20 years ago this past December.  I remember sitting at her kitchen table looking at all her cookie cutters and trying to decide which ones I was going to choose.  I get my love of baking and cooking from her.  These cookies are my Dad's favourite.  I try to make him an ice cream pail full every year for Christmas.  This year he just nibbled off of the tray I put together for his Christmas party.

Here is the recipe:

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup white sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 Tbsp milk

2 eggs

a pinch of salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

about 4 cups of flour (may need more or less)



1. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.

2. Add eggs, vanilla, and milk.

3. Add salt, baking powder and salt to 1 cup of flour then add to above mixture.

4. Add 1/2 cup of flour at a time until it becomes dough like.

5. Refridgerate for at least 1 hour.  I do it overnight.

6. Roll out on floured counter top.

7. Use cookie cutters to make cookies.

8. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.

Hubby rolling the dough into medium size balls so they can be refrigerated.

This year with the Dream cookie dough I decided to make 3 different cookies.  I wanted to try and make a cookie tree out of star shaped cookies, snowmen cookies and stained glass cookies.  Unfortunately the cookie tree was an epic failure.  The cookies didn't cook evenly and so when they were iced and stacked they were very uneven.

I used royal icing to ice the cookies with.  My next blog will be about this amazing icing!

No I haven't been drinking Bailey's and hot chocolate while building the tree.

The stained glass cokies were very simple to make.  I used a large cookie cutter for the main shape then I used a smaller shaped cutter for the window part.  I didn't ice these cookies.  I might next year.

To make the glass part place lifesavers in baggies and pound them into small pieces.  Then sprinkle into centre of cookies.  I experimented and placed several colours in one cookie.  It turned out nicely.