Christmas Cookies Without Butter Recipe Recipes Recipe For Lasagna

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended. Increase speed to high, beat until light and creamy. At low speed, beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in flour, baking powder, and salt just until blended.
• Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Wrap each piece with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour.
• On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough 1/8 inch thick. With floured 2- to 3-inch assorted cookie cutters, cut dough into as many cookies as possible, wrap and refrigerate trimmings. Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on large ungreased cookie sheet, sprinkle cookies with colored sugar now if you like, or frost with Ornamental Frosting after baking.
• Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. If you like, brush colored sugar remaining on cookie sheets onto piece of waxed paper to use again. Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings.
• When cookies are cool, prepare Ornamental Frosting if you like, use to decorate cookies as desired. Sprinkle colored sugars as desired on frosting before it dries. Allow frosting to dry completely, about 1 hour. Store cookies in tightly covered container up to 2 weeks.

CHRISTMAS COOKIES I

Steps:

• Boil molasses and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Let the syrup cool.
• Grind nuts, raisins, currants and citron, and blend together with the butter or lard in a large bowl. Add the cooled syrup. Mix in the spices, anise oil, eggs, salt, and the sour milk. Mix in soda and flour. Rest the dough in the refrigerator for several days.
• The dough can be rolled out and cut, or shaped into rolls and sliced. Place on greased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 20 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

EASY LASAGNA RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• In a large pot of generously salted water, cook lasagna noodles according to package instructions until just al dente. Drain and set aside.
• While your noodles cook, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and cook until browned. If your meat released a lot of fat while it cooked, drain or spoon off the fat.
• Add pasta sauce and simmer until beef is cooked through. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together ricotta cheese, egg, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Set aside.
• Use a ladle to spoon 1/4 of the sauce into your baking dish. Lay 3 noodles lengthwise and top with 1/4 of the sauce. Drop 1/2 of the ricotta mixture over the top in dollops and then gently spread it out into a smooth layer. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the mozzarella and parmesan.
• Lay another layer of noodles, this time using 4 and placing across the dish instead of lengthwise, trimming the edges as needed. Add the sauce, remaining ricotta, and cheese just as you did with the last layer.
• Add final layer of noodles, going horizontally this time and top with remaining sauce and cheese.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until cheese is melted and the lasagna is hot all the way through, about 15 minutes.
• Let the lasagna sit for at least 10 to 15 minutes before cutting and serving. Serve and enjoy!