Holiday Cookie Mix

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 12 cups all-purpose flour
• 7 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 2 cups butter

Recipe

• 1 lightly spoon flour into measuring cup;level off.
• 2 in a 4-quart bowl, combine 1/2 each of the flour, sugar,baking powder, salt.
• 3 using a fork or pastry blender, cut 1/2 of the butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 place in a large, tightly covered container.
• 5 repeat with remaining half of ingredients.
• 6 store in refrigerator or freezer.
• 7 use within 4 weeks.
• 8 measure by dipping cup into mix;level off.
• 9 return unused mix to refrigerator or freezer.
• 10 *allow measured mix to come to room temperature before adding ingredients to make any of the recipes in this collection.
• 11 makes 22-23 cups cookie mix.
• 12 "tip".
• 13 to prepare cookie mix in food processor, place 1/4 of each ingredient in food processor bowl with metal blade.
• 14 process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 15 place in tightly covered container.
• 16 repeat with remaining ingredients.
• 17 if desired, recipe can be cut in half.
• 18 makes 11-12 cups cookie crumbs.