German Wine Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup sweet wine (port or cream sherry)
• 5 -5 1/2 cups flour
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees. cream butter and sugar together. beat in eggs, vanilla and wine. stir in flour, one cup at a time. dough will be stiff. roll out dough, on well-floured pastry sheet, to a 1/4 inch thickness. cut into desired shapes with cookie cutter. bake on greased cookie sheet for 10 minutes.
• 2 make icing by combining above ingredients. (should be an almost runny consistency). frost cookies. these cookies will keep for up to one year in an airtight container.