Red, white and blue cookies

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter
1teaspoonVanilla
cupFlour
¼teaspoonSalt
1cupSugar
1Egg
½teaspoonBaking powder
Red and blue food coloring

Directions

Cream together butter and sugar. Add in the egg and vanilla. beat well. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt; divide dough into 3 equal balls. Put one ball into a bowl and add 10 drops of red coloring. Mix. Do the same with the blue. Stick them all together. Roll the balls of dough together until it looks like a red, white and blue sausage about 8 inches long. Wrap dough in waxed paper. Refrigerate overnight. Set oven at 400 degrees. Grease cookie sheets and slice dough into ¼ inch thickness. Place on cookie sheets. Bake for 8 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen. Posted to Bakery Shoppe Digest145 by Chris & Karen <sanburns@...> on Jul 04, 1997