fast and festive cookie mix

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 lb butter

Recipe

• 1 1.
• 2 lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.
• 3 in 4-quart bowl or container, combine 1/2 each of the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• 4 2.
• 5 with fork or pastry blender, cut 1/2 of the butter into mixture until consistency of coarse crumbs.
• 6 repeat with remaining ingredients.
• 7 transfer to tightly covered container.
• 8 store in refrigerator or freezer.
• 9 use within 4 weeks.
• 10 3.
• 11 measure by dipping cup into mix; level off.
• 12 return unused mix to refrigerator or freezer.
• 13 allow measured mix to come to room temperature before adding additional ingredients as directed in recipes.
• 14 high altitude instructions: increase flour to 6 1/2 cups.
• 15 decrease sugar to 2 1/2 cups.
• 16 tips: to prepare cookie mix in food processor, place 1/2 each of the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter in food processor bowl with metal blade.
• 17 process mixture until consistency of coarse crumbs.
• 18 transfer to tightly covered container.
• 19 repeat with remaining ingredients.