Winter Holiday Central - Christmas Cookie Recipes

Despite the fun look of this cookie, the flavor is a bit more subtle than many other cookies, but still very tasty. Good to have with coffee or hot chocolate - doesn't clash!

Ingredients

1 cup shortening*
1 cup sifted confectioners sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Sift together flour and salt and set aside. Mix shortening, confectioners sugar, egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Gradually mix in flour mixture.

Add and swirl red food coloring - mix only to swirl the coloring around, not to blend it completely. Form the dough into cookie-sized canes and bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 7-8 minutes.

* For shortening, you may want to use butter or butter-flavor Crisco. Although regular Crisco keeps the cookies more white, the butter or butter-flavor Crisco adds a bit more flavor.

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