{"id":16526,"date":"2016-11-01T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=16526"},"modified":"2016-11-01T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:49:47","slug":"the-white-houses-halloween-cookie-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2016\/11\/01\/the-white-houses-halloween-cookie-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House\u2019s Halloween Cookie Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/619581268\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 68.013468% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/619581268?et=IejugUXYQ2hyBcU6PVzRMQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=srOuk_mGwARYI_m--lWP95ay8_XS5CXZvWb5c8tB5Lw=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"404\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last night, President Obama and First Lady Michelle hosted a Halloween event at the White House. \u00a0I\u2019m sure the children were happy to know that Michelle relaxed her normally stringent nutrition requirements to hand out homemade sugar cookies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>President Obama told the kids there were apples \u2014 used in a dunking game \u2014 but indicated he would prefer the sweet stuff. \u00a0\u201cIn fact, the more candy you eat, the later you eat the candy, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/food\/barack-michelle-obama-white-house-halloween-cookie-recipe\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">People magazine <\/a>shared the recipe this morning \u2014 and it\u2019s super simple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The White House\u2019s Halloween\u00a0Cookie Recipe<\/strong><br>\n<em>Makes 18 to 22 cookies<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1 lb. sugar<br>\n1 tsp. vanilla<br>\n2 lbs. butter<br>\n1 tsp. salt<br>\n3 eggs<br>\n3 lbs. all purpose flour<\/p>\n<p>1. Mix the butter and sugar till soft and well beaten. Then add eggs, vanilla, salt and half the flour. Beat on slow speed till mixed, then add the rest of the flour and mix until incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>2. Push flat onto a cookie sheet and refrigerate overnight. Roll out to one quarter inch thick and cut out cookie shapes with cookie cutter.<\/p>\n<p>3. 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