Gails Christmas Cookies Recipes

GAIL'S CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs.
• Add sour cream and flavoring, mix well.
• Sift in dry ingredients.
• Refrigerate 8 hours or more.
• Roll thin.
• Cut with cookie cutters, making a hole for hanging.
• Bake at 350°F until only slightly brown, about 7-10 minutes.
• Cool.
• Icing: Whip egg white until stiff.
• Add sugar and lemon juice as needed.
• Ice cookies.
• Decorate and let dry.
• Put dental floss through hole and hang on tree (making sure they are above level of hungry children or pets, or not!).

GAIL'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Prepare baking sheets by spraying lightly with Pam.
• 2. Cream butter, both sugars, and vanilla. Beat in egg. Add baking soda and flour mixing only until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips. Use 16x24-inch baking sheets and drop cookies in 3 rows of 4.
• 3. Bake cookies, two baking sheets at a time. After 5 minutes take cookies out of the oven and rap on the stovetop until they deflate. Then return sheets to oven, placing the top sheet on the bottom rack, and the bottom sheet on the top rack. Continue to bake until cookies are golden brown, 4-6 more minutes.
• 4. Transfer immediately from cookie sheet to wire rack for cooling.

GAIL'S FAMOUS CHRISTMAS PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix cranberry juice, orange juice, vodka, orange liqueur, sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg in a punch bowl. Refrigerate 2 hours to overnight. Serve punch over ice; garnish with orange slices.