375˚ 8 minutes yields 2 dozen
- 3-1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Salt
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 2 tbsp. Cream (coffee cream)
- 1 tbsp. Vanilla
- Confectioners’ Sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening (Crisco)
- 1 cup sugar
- Tart red jelly or jam (or whatever your favorite is)
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt & set aside. Cream shortening and sugar together; beat until light. Add eggs, cream.And vanilla; beat well. Stir in dry ingredients until blended. Shape into a ball, wrap in waxed paper and chill about 3 hours.Sprinkle a board with some confectioners’ sugar. Divide dough in half, roll out one half about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with a Doughnut cutter (with center hole) and place on greased cookie sheet. Roll out second half same as first and cut with a plain Rounded cutter (no hole) the same size as the first and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake in 375˚F oven about 8 minutes or Until lightly browned. Remove from sheet & put onto cooling rack. When cooled spread plain cookie rounds with jelly or jam,Top with doughnut shaped tops.
For Regular sugar cookie only put dough in fridge for 1 hour.
