Ingredients
1 lb butter
4 each egg
1 tsp soda
1 lb sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 flour
Directions
Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly; add the eggs one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Dissolve the soda in the cream and
add to the mixture. Sift in flour until dough is stiff enough to
handle. Chill over night. In the morning, roll out thin on floured
board and cut with cookie cutter. Bake at 350-F about 10 minutes.
Servings: 1 servings
Christmas Biscuits Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Bread; Breads; Christmas; Holiday
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Recipes as a concept can be tracked way back into the far past, in truth as far back into recorded history as the Egyptians, and maybe further still. In practice though, generally, these early cook books were just primitive pictorial instructions for preparing food.
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We hope you enjoy this Christmas Biscuits recipe.
