My mother bought me a Cookie Press specifically for these. Alas, mine never turn out as pretty as the pic I have posted; but somehow, they are some of the first to get gone over the Holidays. Thank Goodness, my friends appreciate my efforts.
Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon almond extract
food coloring
Directions:
- Cream shortening, adding sugar in gradually.
- Add unbeaten egg, sifted dry ingredients, flavoring and a few drops of food coloring. Mix well.
- Fill cookie press. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets using the tree plate. Decorate with tiny multi-colored sprinkles.
- Bake at 400°F for 6-8 minutes. Cool just slightly and remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. (If you wait too long, they will break when you try to move them.).
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