Grandma's Christmas Icebox Cookies
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
24
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Ingredients for - Grandma's Christmas Icebox Cookies

1. Brown sugar - 2 cups
2. Butter, softened - 1 cup
3. White sugar - ½ cup
4. Eggs, beaten - 2 large
5. Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon
6. All-purpose flour - 4 cups
7. Baking powder - 1 tablespoon
8. Salt - ¼ teaspoon
9. Chopped pecans - 1 cup
10. Red or green candied cherries - ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Grandma's Christmas Icebox Cookies

1. Stage

Beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Mix in 1/2 of the beaten eggs until completely blended. Beat in remaining beaten eggs and vanilla until combined.

2. Stage

Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until dough is just mixed. Fold in pecans and candied cherries. Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch rolls on a piece of waxed paper. Seal waxed paper on the ends with tape; refrigerate until chilled and firm, at least 1 hour.

3. Stage

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

4. Stage

Slice cookie dough to about 1/4-inch thickness and arrange on a baking sheet.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.