Christmas Cookies

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening (half of this 3/4 cup should be butter or margarine, and the other half shortening, this is very im)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup soft margarine (sticks)
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 tablespoons milk
• various food coloring

Recipe

• 1 mix all cookie ingredients.
• 2 cover and chill at least 1 hours.
• 3 roll dough out on well floured surface.
• 4 cut out with cookie cutters.
• 5 bake at 400° for 6-8 minutes, until pale golden brown on edges. do not overbake.
• 6 allow cookies to cool on rack or plate.
• 7 combine icing ingredients except food coloring.
• 8 separate the icing into small bowls according to the number of colored icings you want.
• 9 add food colorings to each bowl.
• 10 ice and decorate cookies as desired.