Christmas Ornament cookies
2 1/4 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup butter, softened 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon almond extract icing recipe follows: Place flour and salt in medium bowl. Stir to combine. Beat sugar and butter in medium bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in vanilla and almond extracts. Gradually add flour mixture. Mix at low speed until well blended. Divide dough in half. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until firm. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Working with one portion at a time, roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut dough in to assorted shapes with floured cookie cutters. Reroll trimmings and cut out more cookies. Place cookies on ungreased baking sheets. Using drinking straw or tip of sharp knife, cut hole near top of each cookie to allow for piece of ribbon or string to be inserted for hanger. Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes, or until edges are golden brown. Let cookies stand on baking sheets for 1 minute. Remove cookies to wire rack to cook completely icing: 2 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons milk or lemon juice food coloring, optional Combine powdered sugar and milk in small bowl. Stir until smooth. Icing will be very thick. If it is to thick, stir in 1 teaspoon additional milk. Divide in to small bowl, and tint with food coloring. Prepare icing. Spoon icing in to resealable plastic storage bag. Cut off very tiny corner of bag. Pipe icing decoratively over cookies Decorate with candies as desired. Let stand at room temperature, 4 to 6 hours or until set.Put ribbon through hole and hang as Christmas tree ornaments. Makes about 2 dozen cookies --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
