Sugar Cookies

Makes approximately 36 cookies

Ingredients:

1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
granulated sugar, colored if desired

Preparation:

Beat butter and shortening thoroughly with an electric mixer or pastry
cutter. Add sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt and mix until
well combined. Beat in egg and vanilla then as much flour as you can
with the electric mixer. Stir in the remaining flour. Cover and chill
for at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Split the dough in 1/2 and roll one half at a time. Keep the piece you
aren't using in the fridge. Cut out with appropriate shaped cookie
cutters. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for about 7 to 8 minutes,
until edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned.

Sugar Cookie Icing

Ingredients:

1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
assorted food coloring

Preparation:

In a small bowl, stir together the confectioners' sugar and milk until
smooth. Add the corn syrup and almond extract; mix well. If icing is
too thick, add more corn syrup.

Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to desired
intensity. Dip cookies or paint them with a brush.


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