The Culinary Couple

Passed down through generations of Rowlands.

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup lard
• 4 cups Wondra flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• cap full of vanilla
• sugar for sprinkling
• royal icing

Directions

1. Knead first five ingredients like a pie crust
2. Pour eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla into a hole in the center of the dough. Stir.
3. Flour your hands and a rolling pin with more Wondra flour. Roll dough until it’s about 1/4 inch thick.
4. Use cookie cutters of your choice and place dough onto baking sheet (preferably a baking stone). Sprinkle some with sugar, and leave others for icing.
5. Bake at 400 degrees for about 8 minutes.
6. Prepare and color royal icing and use a piping bag to decorate cookies.