Saturday, December 24, 2022

Christmas Cookies 2022

 

Christmas 2022

It’s December 24, 2022 and I am making my first Christmas cookies of the season. Not going to have many made this year. This first batch is “Aunt Ernie’s Sour Cream Cookies”. This is my boys’ favorite cookies but not until I stopped calling them Sour Cream Cookies and just said Aunt Ernie’s Cookies. Names make a difference. Each time I make this recipe I’m reminded of my Great Aunt Ernestine Wiedrich. She died several decades before my sons were born and I wish she would be more than a cookie to them. She was very personable and raised a large family in Oakfield, NY. My great   grandmother, Sarah Wiedrich loved visiting her. She would say how enjoyable it was.


Aunt Ernie’s Sour Cream Cookies

By Ernestine Schramm Wiedrich

1 c sugar

½ c shortening (margerine or butter)

½ c sour cream

2 eggs (beat in one at a time)

Mix at medium speed for 2 min.

Add

2¼ c flour            ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp nutmeg    1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt             1 tsp lemon extract

nutmeats (1/2 – 1 c chopped walnuts is good) or coconut opt.

Mix well. Drop by teaspoons onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle tops with sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 min.

Pictured Ernestine and Sarah Wiedrich

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