Ingredients

  • 1 cup Butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Dark corn syrup
  • 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon Ground cloves
  • ½ tablespoon Baking soda mixed with
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 cup Flour, can use 4 cups

Directions

1. Cream butter or margarine with sugar and corn syrup. Stir in cinnamon, cloves and baking soda mixture. Add flour a little at a time, mixing well after each addition until stiff dough forms. Cover dough and refrigerate until firm.

2. Heat oven to 400℉. Roll dough to ⅛-inch thickness on floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters into reindeer or desired shapes, or roll dough into logs about 1-inch in diameter and slice crosswise into 1-inch-thick rounds.

3. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets until lightly browned, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Notes
From the Chicago Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 4, 1986

Categories
Cookies