Christmas Cut-Out Cookies

Title: Christmas Cut-Out Cookies

Categories: Cookies

Yield: 36 servings

For cookies:

1/3 c Butter

1/3 c Shortening

3/4 c Granulated sugar

1 Egg

1 tb Milk

2 c All-purpose flour

1 1/2 ts Baking powder

1/2 ts Salt

For frosting to spread:

2 tb Water

For frosting to pipe:

1 1/2 c Powdered sugar

1 ts Vanilla

1 tb Water

1 tb Butter; softened

Liquid or paste food

-coloring

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 To make cookies: Beat butter,

shortening and sugar until light. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla. Sift

together flour, baking powder and salt. Beat dry ingredients into moist a

little at a time. Chill for 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Using a little dough at a time, roll out to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with

8 to 10 minutes on lightly greased cookie sheets.

Let cool.

To make frosting to spread: Mix sugar with vanilla, water and your choice

of food colorings. For intense color, use paste coloring. Frost cooled

cookies.

To make frosting to pipe: Mix sugar with vanilla, water and butter. Color as desired. Pipe onto cookies for accent colors.

Yield: About 3 dozen, depending on cutter size. By Tina Danze. --