Title: Edible Craft Dough Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 33 servings
1 c Butter or margarine;
-softened
1 c Shortening
2 1/2 c Sifted powdered sugar
6 Hard-cooked egg yolks;
-mashed
2 ts Baking soda
2 ts Cream of tartar
1 tb Vanilla extract
5 c All-purpose flour
Paste food coloring
=red/green/yellow
Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:30
Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating
well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add egg yolks,
soda, cream of tartar, and vanilla, beating well.
Gradually add flour, mixing well. Divide dough into 4 equal
portions. Color one portion red, one yellow, one green,
and leave remaining dough plain. Wrap each separately in
plastic wrap, and chill at least 1 hour. Hand shape cookies
into desired designs, or roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness
on a lightly floured surface and cut with 2-1/2-inch cookie
cutters. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350
degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheets 1
to 2 minutes; remove to wire racks and cool completely.
Yield: about 5-1/2 dozen.
NOTE: You might label our Edible Craft Dough Cookies "For
Kids Only"--the dough looks and shapes remarkably like the
colored craft dough that children often play with, but it's
totally edible. Children can hand shape the dough much
like they do craft dough, or they can roll and cut it with
cookie cutters.
