Bratchlers Recipe

(Cookies for New Year’s Breakfast)

Ingredients

• 1 c. shortening
• 2 c. sugar
• 1 c. sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• Flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• Powdered Sugar Icing and food coloring
• Chopped pecans
• Crushed pineapple or coconut

Directions

1. Preheat Oven to 350° F.
2. Mix shortening, sugar, sour cream, eggs, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
3. Add enough flour to make a very stiff dough.
4. Roll dough out about 1/2 thick on floured board and cut into 1/2-inch wide strips.
5. On greased baking sheet, form circles and creates spokes like a wagon wheel.
6. Bake at 350° for about 12 minutes.
7. Cool, then ice with Powdered Sugar Icing and food coloring.
8. Top with chopped pecans, and crushed pineapple or coconut.

Author: Sister Elise Bengfort
Date First Published: 05/21/2010
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Yield: