Advent: O Antiphon Cookies
To emphasize the O Antiphons, make simple sugar cookies in symbol shapes for each antiphon. Serve each person one single cookie on a plate for dessert from December 17 - 23. Use the recipe below or any favorite sugar cookie.
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Sugar Cookies
1½ cups confectioners sugar, sifted
1 cup hard margarine, like Imperial
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon almond flavoring
2½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Mini chocolate chips for eyes
Cream sugar and margarine. Mix in egg and flavorings. Add dry ingredients, sifted together. Refrigerate 2-3 hours. Roll out with lightly flowered rolling pin cover on lightly floured pastry cloth to 3/16- 1/4-inch thick. Cut out and place on lightly greased baking sheet, sprinkling with additional sugar.
Bake 375°, 7-8 minutes, cool on wire rack. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.
Patterns for O Antiphon Cookies
Printing patterns on card stock makes them easier to use than on regular paper—they will also be sturdy enough to keep and use again. So, print the patterns, cut them out. Hold on the rolled-out dough and cut around the shapes with a sharp knife. Patterns are provided for all the symbols except "Emanuel." There are many good figure cookie cutters to use for that shape.
Cookie Cutter Sources
EMANUEL
A good figure for "Emanuel—God with us" is in a set of inexpensive Swedish cutters from Hemslojd.
KEY
CookieCutterCompany.com
GlobalSugarArt
LowCostCookieCutters
CROWN
CookieCutter.com
ADVENT ROSE
LowCostCookieCutters
GlobalSugarArt
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