Winter Holiday Central - Christmas Cookie Recipes

Jello sugar cookies are a colorful and somewhat more flavorful alternative to regular sugar cookies. Since you're using packets of (unprepared) jello mix as an ingredient, cookies come out more colorful and with special flavors as well! We've found that this recipe works wonderfully either as cut-outs or pushed through a cookie press to make spritz cookies.

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups margarine or butter
1 cup white granular sugar
1 pkg. (3 oz.) Jello mix (any flavor, NOT prepared)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

Mix flour with baking powder and set aside. Cream margarine, gradually add sugar and Jello, beating well. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well. Chill the dough for a few hours before continuing.

Force dough through cookie press (or make cut outs) onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with additional jello or colored sugars, decorate if desired.

Makes about 10 doz (from press only - number of cutout cookies will vary more).

Bake at 400 degrees about 8 minutes or until sides are golden brown.

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