Cafe sugar cookies :)

SUGAR COOKIES

3 cups powdered sugar

2 cups butter

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp almond extract

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tarter

5 cups flour

cream butter and powdered  sugar together, add egg continue beating. Add vanilla and almond flavoring,beat. Sift the flour, cream of tarter, and baking soda together. add to the rest of dough mixture. Mix with wooden spoon. cover and refrigerate 3-4 hours. Roll dough out, cut  with cookie cutters bake 5-8 mins at 375 degrees.

FROSTING FOR SUGAR COOKIES

6 oz cream cheese

1/2 cup PLUS 1/4 cup of butter

2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp milk

6 cups powdered sugar

Beat together cr. cheese ,butter and vanilla until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and continue beating. Add enough cream to make desired consistency. BEAT WELL!

Aunt Sallys cookies

Aunt Sallys cookies and Icing

1 1/4 cups shortening

1 cup sugar

1 cup molasses

2 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp each all spice, ginger, cinnamon

1 cup cold coffee

6 cups flour

Cream shortening, sugar... add molasses, and remaining dry ingredients atternatly with cold coffee... roll out cookies cut with spam can bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes.

Icing

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup water

boil until mixture will spin a threador 230 degrees on candy thermometer

add.. 20 large marshmallows beat 2 egg whites until stiff...add syrup to whites. beat until you reach a right spreading  consistency