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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Cookie	36	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Shortening (or margarine)
1	c	Sifted confectioners sugar
1		Egg
1 1/2	ts	Almond extract
1	ts	Vanilla
2 1/2	c	Gold medal wondra flour (cake flour)
1	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Red food coloring
		Granulated sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

From: "Mary f (Pud)" <frye@sdd.comsat.com>
Date: 19 Dec 1995 18:22:13 -0700
My Aunt made these and they are one of my favorite Christmas cookies.  They
are delicate in flavor and usually a real winner.
Preheat oven to 375F.  Mix first 5 ingredients together.  Sift flour and
salt together.  Stir 1/2 of flour mixture into shortening mixture.  Work
remaining flour into mixture with hands until the dough holds together.
Divide dough in half.  Mix 1/2 of dough with red food coloring.  Pinch off
a bit of white dough and roll into a long cigarette, pinch off a bit of red
dough and roll into a long cigarette.  Twist white and red dough together,
place on cookie sheet and bend into a candy cane shape.  Bake 9 minutes.
Remove from oven and dust with granulated sugar.  The first time you make
them watch the time as your cookies might be larger or smaller than mine
:-).
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