Frosted Christmas Cookies

White Christmas Cookies as made by my mom.  These are our favorite Christmastime treats.  They are white frosted cutout cookies.  You start with a mixing bowl to make the dough.

• 2 c. sugar
• 1 c. Crisco shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 5-6 cup flour

Mix in order given, all but flour.  Stir in flour.  Cut into fourths and refrigerate the other quarters that you are not using.  Take one quarter at a time and roll out until they are a little less than 1/4″ thick.  Cut out with cookie cutters.  Take left over dough, recombine into a ball and roll out a second time.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes on lightly sprayed cookie sheets.

For the icing:

• 3 cup powdered sugar
• Dash salt
• ¼ cup Crisco shortening
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup of 2% milk

Combine ingredients, adding the milk at the end as needed, to make a wedding cake frosting-like consistency.  Frost cookies and decorate with sugar sprinkles.