Holiday Cookies Recipe

Holidays season is a time of sharing, so bake some colorful holiday cookies for your friends and family.

This recipe uses ingredients found in many kitchens. Choose your own cookie cutters to make the shapes you want.

You might try to save some cookies for yourself too - if others don’t gobble them up first!



* 1/3 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 2/3 cup honey
* 1 tsp lemon flavoring
* 1/3 cup shortening
* 2 3/4 cups flour
* 1 tsp soda
* 1 tsp salt
* Rolling pin
* 2 bowls
* Cookie cutters to make fun shapes
* Red and green sprinkles, or other festive edible decorations
* White icing or frosting

1- You’re going to mix some ingredients separately, so get two bowls ready. In one bowl (the larger one if you have two different sizes), mix up the sugar, egg, shortening, honey and lemon flavor. Make sure it’s mixed really well!
2- In the second bowl, mix the flour, soda and salt. Once these three ingredients are all mixed together, stir them into the contents of the first bowl, and make sure the ingredients are well blended.
3- Cover the bowl and put it in the fridge to chill the mixture.
4- Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees (make sure to have an adult help you!)
5- Sprinkle some flour on a flat surface so the dough won’t stick, and roll out the dough so it’s about 1/4″ thick.
6- Use the cookie cutters to make fun shapes, like Christmas trees or snowmen.
7- Grease a baking sheet lightly, and place the cookie dough at least 1″ apart on the sheet.
8- Bake for 8-9 minutes, or until they just start getting slightly brown on top.
9- Let them cool, decorate with icing and sprinkles, serve, and eat!