Name: Sugar Cookie Mix
Ingredients: 1 c Butter softened; 1/2 c Shortening; 6 c All-purpose flour; 1 tb Baking powder; 1 tb Salt; 1/4 c Sugar; 2 dr Food coloring; any shade

You see, if you aren’t talking to your kids, someone else is. The statistics indicate that teenagers are spending three hours a day watching TV. Preschoolers are watching as much as four hours per day. If teenagers are listening to three hours of TV every day and averaging five minutes a day talking with their dads, who is winning the influence battle? If your preschooler watches four hours per day, how many hours is he hearing from you about how God runs His world? It doesn’t take X-rated violence, sex and language to have an ungodly influence. Even the “good” programs for children can be “bad company” if they offer an exciting, satisfying world that ignores (or denies) the sovereign God of the Bible. Do you really want your children to get the impression that it’s okay to ignore God most of the time?

John Younts

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Gift idea, Holiday	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Butter softened
1/2	c	Shortening
6	c	All-purpose flour
1	tb	Baking powder
1	tb	Salt
1/4	c	Sugar
2	dr	Food coloring; any shade

INSTRUCTIONS

TO MAKE COLORED SUGAR
In a small mixing bowl combine butter and shortening. In a large bowl
combine remaining cookie ingredients. Using a pastry blender, two knives or
a food processor cut shortening mixture into flour mixture til like fine
meal. Store in air tight container in fridge til gift giving with recipe as
follows: Sugar cookies, combine 2 cups of mix with 2/3 cups sugar, 1
teaspoon of vanilla, 2 Tablespoons of milk and 1 egg.Roll on floured
surface with floured pin to 1/8" thickness. Cut shapes and bake at 400
degrees on a lightly greased cookie sheet for 5-8 minutes, or until lightly
browned on edges. Sprinkle with colored sugar before baking if desired or
frost and decorate when cooled. 3 1/2 dozen ccokies. To make colored
sugars, in a jar combine sugar with 2-3 drops of color. Cover tightly and
shake till blended. I put mix in a plain nonziplock gallon size baggie. Tie
with ribbon or raffia. Add a wooden spoon, and cookie cutters in basket,
lined with a linen napkin. I buy tiny jars and fill with different colored
sugars, and throw in cookie cutters for whatever season. (Christmas,
valentines day, halloween, etc. Nice teacher basket too, with an apple
cookie cutter.)
Recipe by: Lisa Lepsy Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #719 by
Babygoil@aol.com on Aug 4, 1997

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