Christmas Cottage Sugar Cookies!

                                                                                    

I named these Christmas Cottage Sugar cookies because I made them with 1 Cup of Cottage Cheese! These are a very pure & basic sugar cookie that is soft & moist. You could jazz these up with Christmas Sprinkles on top of the frosting if you so desire. I already have sprinkle cookies & was looking for a nice soft touch of white on my cookie trays. These could also be enhanced with 1 cup of any of the following added to the batter once you have them mixed up. Try, Chocolate Chips, Coconut, Chopped Nuts, Raisins or Dates, Candied Fruit, just about anything you can think of. These are very yummy & a nice cookie for Christmas!

3 Cups Flour
1 TSP. Baking Powder
1/2 TSP Baking Soda
1/2 TSP Salt
Stir all of the above together & set aside
10 TBS Butter
1 & 1/3 Cups Sugar
2 TSP Vanilla
2 Eggs
1 Cup Cottage Cheese Small Curd

Beat butter add sugar & beat again. Add eggs & vanilla & beat. Now beat in cottage cheese & beat very well. Now slowly add the dry ingredients adding 1/3 at time & beating well after each addition.  Lightly spray baking sheets & preheat oven to 375 degrees. Drop by heaped TBS onto sheets leaving about 2 inches between cookies. I like to bake 1 dozen at a time. Bake for 10 minutes or until cookie springs back when touched. Remove from sheets & let cool completely before frosting OR you could just roll the cookies in powdered sugar if you wish! For frosting use the following frosting:
FROSTING
4 TBS EACH, Butter softened & Shortening 
2 TSP Vanilla
4 Cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 TSP Salt
1/2 & 1/2  just enough to get spreading consistency!
Beat butter & shortening until fluffy. Add 2 Cups powdered sugar the vanilla & salt & beat. Add a TBS at a time the 1/2 & 1/2 cream. Add remaining sugar & enough 1/2 & 1/2 to get a light & fluffy frosting you do not want this & runny! If you add to much cream just add more sugar & beat it will correct itself!  This recipe makes 5 dozen DELICIOUS COOKIES!