Ingredients:
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups white sugar
• 5 eggs
• 7 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 ounce anise extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175
degrees c).
cream the butter, shortening and the
sugar together. Stir in the eggs and
continue to beat. Add the anise
flavoring. Stir in 7 cups of the flour,
the baking powder and the salt.
mix until the dough is soft. Add the
additional cup of flour if needed. Chill
the dough.
On a lightly floured surface roll out the
dough and cut with cookie cutters.
Place cookies on greased cookie
sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees
c) for 12 to 15 minutes. Frost and
decorate when cookies are cooled.
Polish
Christmas Cookies
Ingredients:
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• 1 cup chow mein noodles
• 1 cup dry-roasted peanuts
Directions:
melt chocolate and peanut butter chips
in the top of a double boiler over
simmering water, stirring frequently,
until smooth.
mix chow mein noodles and peanuts in
a large mixing bowl. Pour chocolate
mixture over noodles and peanuts
and turn to coat.
Line a baking sheet with waxed
paper. drop mixture by rounded
tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheet.
refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
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sources: annaeverywhere.com, natgeokids.com, iamexpat.nl, en.wikipedia.org,
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acres of
pizza are
served
in the
united
states
every day!
the first
printing press in
north America
was used in
mexico city
in 1539.
you can buy
green-bean-flavored
ice pops in china!
poland
belgium hosts
the world's
largest sand
sculpture
festival.
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states
mexico
belgium
china
netherlands
words such as "dollar" and
"yankee" have dutch roots -
just like 4.5 million Americans.
poland
the name "poland"
(polska) originates
from the name of the
tribe polanie, which
means "people living
in open fields".
denmark
norway
sweden
poland
china
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the term scandinavia covers the
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and sweden. the inventors of leGo
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toys got started in billund, denmark
in 1932 manufacturing stepladders.
