Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups sifted regular flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
Yellow, green, and red food colorings
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Few drops peppermint extract
1/4 teaspoon orange extract
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Directions: |
Directions:1. Measure flour, baking powder, and salt into sifter.
2. Cream butter or margarine with sugar until fluffy·light in a large bowl; beat in eggs and vanilla.
3 Sift in flour mixture, a third at a time; blending well to make a stiff dough. Divide into quarter's and place in separate bowls.
4. Stir lemon extract and a few drops yellow food coloring into dough in one bowl; stir almond extract and a few drops green food coloring into second bowl; stir peppermint extract and a few drops red food coloring into third bowl; stir orange extract into fourth.
5. Wrap each dough in waxed paper or transparent wrap; chill several hours, or until firm enough to roll. (Overnight is best.)
6. Roll out half each of the yellow and green dough's, 1/8 inch thick, on a lightly floured pastry cloth or board; cut out each with a 2 1/2 inch round or fluted cutter, then cut a fancy shape from center of each with a truffle cutter.
7. Place large cookies, 1 inch apart, on ungreased cookie sheets. Fit small yellow cutouts in centers of green cookies and small green cut. outs in centers of yellow cookies. Repeat with remaining dough's.
8. Bake in moderate oven (350º) 10 minutes, or until firm. Remove from cookie sheets; cool on wire racks. Store in a tightly covered container. |
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