Aunt Ione’s Icebox Cookies

Name: Aunt Ione's Icebox Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 9-1/2 dozen.
Ingredients: 6 cups all-purpose flour; 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 cups butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 3 large eggs, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon lemon extract; 2 cups chopped nuts

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch YIELD: 9-1/2 dozen.

Whenever we went to visit my Aunt Ione in south Georgia, her icebox cookies were our favorite treat. My mother later make these cookies, and I remember begging for a slice of the raw dough—I thought the unbaked cookies tasted just as great as the baked! —Jenny Hill, Meridianville, Alabama

Ingredients

6 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups chopped nuts

Directions

1. Sift together first 5 ingredients; set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and lemon extract; beat well. Add dry ingredients; mix well. Stir in nuts.
2. Divide dough into 4 parts and shape into 11x1-1/2-in. rolls. Wrap in foil and chill overnight.
3. Slice cookies 3/8 in. thick. Bake on greased baking sheets at 350° for about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 83 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 46mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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