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| Vintage Hallmark Cookie Cutters |
One of my fondest memories as a child was all the cookie baking we did throughout the year. It was messy, but it was fun! Christmas was my favorite with my mother's famous gingerbread cookies & all the decorations we piled on top. Best ever. Her recipe is listed below.
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| 1979 Scholastic Alphabet & Numbers made by Wilton |
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| Classic Hallmark Cookie Cutters |
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| 1971 McCall Girl Cookie Cutter (sold) |
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| Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutters - Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Pluto |
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| The Muppets Cookie Cutters - Kermit & Fozzie |
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| Peanuts Cookie Cutters - Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy (sold) |
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| Hallmark Vampire Cookie Cutter |
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| Vintage Metal Cookie Cutters |
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| 1950's Loew's Cookie Cutters - Tom & Jerry, Droopy Dog, Barney Bear Red Plastic |
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| Vintage Plastic Cookie Cutters |
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| Vintage Red Plastic Cookie Cutters |
Mom’s Gingerbread Cookies
Keep dough chilled until 15 minutes before you are ready to use. Easy to work with. Excellent cut-out cookies for kids.
1 cup shortening or butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1 egg
3 ½-4 ½ cups flour (add slowly for variance!!)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp ground cloves
2 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
1. Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in molasses and egg.
2. Add dry ingredients. Blend well. (Dough should feel quite soft before chilling. Do not add more flour unless because of variance in flours the dough is very sticky.)
3. CHILL OVERNIGHT.
4. Roll out 1/8-1/4” thick. Cut shapes. Decorate before or after baking with decorates, raisins, etc.
5. Use powdered sugar instead of flour when rolling out for a more tender product.
6. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350° for 10 minutes.
7. Loosen cookies with a spatula then cool before removing from sheets.
8. To hang cookies on a tree: Cut a drinking straw into 1” lengths. Push one into each unbaked cookie. Bake. Remove straws by gently twisting out while cookies are still warm.
Makes 2-3 dozen cookies
