- Joined
- May 12, 2010
- Location
- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
Even though this bakery started before Civil War, reading about the 26th N.C. Regimental Band and the Moravian Musicians, I had to add their famous recipe for Sugar Cookies.
The bakery started in 1799 by the Church elders. The first baker was Thomas Butner. However, he preferred farming and shoemaking to baking, so in 1807, congregation leaders brought in the new baker, Christian Winkler. He bought the bakery and dwelling house.
The Winkler family ran the bakery from that time until 1926. It is still run in the Old Salem Historic area. They still use the bakery's dome bake oven.
Winkler Sugar Cookies
3 sticks butter or margarine
41/2 cups granulated sugar
5 cups all purpose flour
5 eggs
1 teaspoon cream of tarter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Combine flour, cream of tarter, salt, soda and nutmeg and set aside. Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl; stir in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla, lemon and almond extracts and beat well. Gradually add flour mixture and chill overnight. Roll out on floured pastry cloth. Cut with cookie cutters and bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees until golden brown 10 t0 15 minutes.
They are so delicious.
The bakery started in 1799 by the Church elders. The first baker was Thomas Butner. However, he preferred farming and shoemaking to baking, so in 1807, congregation leaders brought in the new baker, Christian Winkler. He bought the bakery and dwelling house.
The Winkler family ran the bakery from that time until 1926. It is still run in the Old Salem Historic area. They still use the bakery's dome bake oven.
Winkler Sugar Cookies
3 sticks butter or margarine
41/2 cups granulated sugar
5 cups all purpose flour
5 eggs
1 teaspoon cream of tarter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Combine flour, cream of tarter, salt, soda and nutmeg and set aside. Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl; stir in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla, lemon and almond extracts and beat well. Gradually add flour mixture and chill overnight. Roll out on floured pastry cloth. Cut with cookie cutters and bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees until golden brown 10 t0 15 minutes.
They are so delicious.