Crisp Christmas Vinegar Cookies

7. 10. 2025

This perfectly tender cookie holds its shape perfectly and is easy to prepare. You can decorate it with powdered sugar icing, into which you can add a little food coloring or sprinkles.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter-flavored shortening
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 7-8 cups of all-purpose flour +1 more for rolling
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar

For the frosting:

• ½ cup butter at room temperature
• 3-4 tablespoons heavy cream at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2.5-3 cups powdered sugar

Method:

Sweets:

• Cream shortening and sugar in a medium bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add your eggs and mix to combine.
• Add the vanilla and mix again.
• Mix the milk and vinegar and add it to the cookie dough mixture.
• Mix well to combine.
• Add the remaining 4 cups of flour and stir until well combined.
• The dough should be tacky but not gloopy. If you pick it up in your fingers, it shouldn’t stick to them, though it’s a very soft dough. 
• Add up to 1 cup additional flour as needed.
• Working with ¼ of the dough at a time, roll it out on a well-floured surface to ¼ to ½ inch thick.
• Be generous with your flour on the rolling surface since the dough is very tender; it will stick easily.
• Use cookie cutters to make shapes and transfer to a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes.
• Repeat with the remaining dough, gathering and re-rolling the scrap dough as you go along.
• Decorate cooled cookies with icing and sprinkles; the messier, the better.

Glaze:

• Add the butter and cream to the bowl of your stand mixer. 
• Mix on medium speed with the whisk attachment until the butter and cream combine.
• Increase the speed to high and mix for 3 to 5 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy, stopping to scrape down the sides a time or two.
• Stop the blender to scrape down the sides once or twice while mixing.
• Add the vanilla and 2.5 cups of the powdered sugar.
• Mix on low until everything is combined, then increase the speed to medium and beat for 1 to 2 minutes.
• If the frosting is too thick, stir in a little cream.
• If too thin, add ¼ cup powdered sugar and beat until thick enough.
• Decorate the cooled cookies with icing and sprinkles according to your imagination.

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