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Pie Crust Cookies

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4 dozen
Author Pot of Gold Blog

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 3/4 tsp soda
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 eggs beaten

Instructions

  1. Add first 5 ingredients to large mixing bowl

  2. With a pie crust cutter, cut ingredients together until they form a crumbly thoroughly blended meal.

  3. Make a well in the middle of the meal, add eggs to well. With a fork, slowly blend the eggs into the dry mixture. This will get difficult to mix by the end and you will need to finish by kneading the dough with your hands.

  4. Divide dough into 3rds.  Flour counter and rolling pin.  Roll each 1/3 of dough into 1/8 inch thick circle.  Cut into your favorite Christmas shapes.

  5. You can choose to sugar now and bake or leave plain, bake and frost and sugar after baking

  6. Bake 350 for 10 minutes.  Check for doneness until just starting to brown around the edges.