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Blinky Bill’s Sugar Cookies! (From Allrecipes)
Preparation: 20 min
Cook: 8 min
Ready in 2 hours (allows time for chilling)
- 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (best if you leave overnight).
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into koala, kangaroo or possum shapes with cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely
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Cheeky and devil-may-care with a heart of gold, Blinky Bill is the archetypal Aussie larrikin – and not the less because he’s fictional. He has been a companion to Australian childhoods since 1933, when Dorothy Wall published her first ‘Blinky Bill’ book. The national culture was coming of age, diversifying in art and literature from the Anglicised habits of colonialism. Whereas British children’s tales modelled good behaviour with a moral around every corner, this little koala was atrociously naughty – and the public loved him.
The stories were set in a bushland community where every animal has a character, from sly Mrs Snake to the stern old Wombat. And then there was Blinky Bill, a cheeky young koala who pranked his friends, exasperated his mother and ran away from home with unfailing regularity, yet somehow always managed to come out on top. Other books soon followed the first, Blinky Bill Grows Up in 1934 and Blinky Bill and Nutsy in ‘37. They enjoyed their greatest success in 1939 when published together as The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill, which in Australia has never since been out of print. He made a childhood companion for a whole new generation, as much a part of Australian culture now as ever.
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