Yes, you read that right! There is a recipe around that you can use to make eggless sugar cookies. Now, it is NOT low-fat like some of my other family recipes. I only use this at Christmas time. I am super careful about the handling of raw ingredients, especially eggs. So for a long time I wouldn’t let the children help me make sugar cookies at Christmas because I feared them sticking their hands in the mouths and getting sick. (I know – I’m paranoid!)

So when I found this recipe I was so excited:

Eggless Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups powdered sugar (yes – powdered!)
• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 1/4 c. skim milk
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1 t. cream of tartar
• 2.5 c. self rising flour

Directions:

Mix ingredients together until well blended. Refrigerate for 2 – 3 hours. Roll out cookies, decorate, and bake for about 10 – 12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Here’s what it looked like when we made them:

The mixed dough was just like regular sugar cookie dough. Yummy and no eggs!

The oldest and youngest boy helped me cut out the shapes.

The other five kids decorated the cookies.

Here’s the finished product – don’t you wish this was “tasteable” right through the computer screen? They really are good. They freeze well, and make great gifts if you can part with them. You will notice that some of the cookies are a little strange looking. That’s what happens when a four year old has free reign with the sprinkles!

Enjoy!  Diane