Instructions: Dont knead too much, very lightly. Can chill a couple of hours or so.

Roll out on floured board to about 1/8" to 1/4" and cut out and bake on ungreased sheets. Bake at 350 degrees until very light brown on bottom, 6-8 minutes. Can sugar the top of the dough and roll it in, or frost with cooked icing.

ICING: Combine icing ingredients, just enough light cream to make it creamy, and cook to a soft ball stage. Remove from heat and stir until it begins to thicken. Spread quickly on cookies.

ICING II: 2 C. White sugar, 1 tb. butter, 1/2 Cup milk, (enough to dissolve sugar). Cook over medium heat to a soft ball stage. Beat by hand until creamy. Spread on cookies quickly.

These cookies keep great in our old stone jar. Christmas isnt Christmas without these cookies, cut with a scalloped cutter, for Santa.

This recipe has been in my mothers family since the 1860s. The original was in a newspaper sent in by a lady from Little Turkey, Iowa. Judith

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