Cats' Tongues (cookies)

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400*.
• 2 lightly grease baking sheets.
• 3 cream butter and sugar together.
• 4 add egg whites, one at a time, mixing well after each.
• 5 add flour and then vanilla, mixing well.
• 6 if dough seems to soft, add a bit more flour.
• 7 force through a pastry bag or cookie press fitted with a medium star tip onto baking sheets, making cookies about 3 inches long.
• 8 bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 9 cool on wire racks completely.
• 10 if desired, make sandwich cookies by spreading with jam or melted chocolate, or be truly decadent by making jam filled sandwich cookies and then dipping in chocolate!