Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
- Food color, if desired
- Currants, raisins, candies, colored sugar, finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or fruit peel, if desired
Instruction
- Heat oven to 400°F. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
- Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
- Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.
