Christmas Cut-Out Cookies

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Title: Christmas Cut-Out Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings

For cookies:
1/3 c Butter
1/3 c Shortening
3/4 c Granulated sugar
1 Egg
1 tb Milk
1 ts Vanilla
2 c All-purpose flour
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
For frosting to spread:
1 1/2 c Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla
2 tb Water
Liquid or paste food
-coloring
For frosting to pipe:
1 1/2 c Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 tb Water
1 tb Butter; softened
Liquid or paste food
-coloring

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 To make cookies: Beat butter,
shortening and sugar until light. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla. Sift
together flour, baking powder and salt. Beat dry ingredients into moist a
little at a time. Chill for 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Using a little dough at a time, roll out to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with
floured cutters and bake 8 to 10 minutes on lightly greased cookie sheets.
Let cool.

To make frosting to spread: Mix sugar with vanilla, water and your choice
of food colorings. For intense color, use paste coloring. Frost cooled
cookies.

To make frosting to pipe: Mix sugar with vanilla, water and butter. Color
as desired. Pipe onto cookies for accent colors.

Yield: About 3 dozen, depending on cutter size. By Tina Danze.

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