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Christmas Ribbons
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Title: Christmas Ribbons
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 5 servings
1 1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
1 tb Baking powder
1 Egg
2 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Lemon or orange extract
3 1/2 c All-purpose flour
Red and green food coloring
Beat butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium
speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and baking powder and beat well. Add
egg, vanilla, and lemon or orange extract. Beat till well combined. Beat
in as much flour as you can. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden
spoon.
Divide dough into three portions. Tint one portion pink with a few drops
of red food coloring and one portion light green with a few drops of green
food coloring. Leave the remaining portion plain. Do not chill dough.
Pack dough into a cookie press, placing pink dough on one side, green on
the other, and the plain in the center. Using the ribbon plate, force dough
through press onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cut into 2-to 3-inch lengths.
Bake in a 375~F oven for 6 to 8 minutes or til edges of cookies are
firm but not brown. Remove cookies and cool on wire racks. Makes about 60.
Source: BH&G Christmas Cookies 1995.
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