Easy and colorful…..

Ingredients:

1 cup Shortening

3/4 cup Sugar

1 Egg

2 1/4 cups Sifted Flour

1/2 tsp. Baking Powder

Dash salt

1 tsp. Almond Extract

Directions:

Cream shortening, add sugar gradually beating well after each addition.

Add egg unbeaten and beat well.

Add sifted flour, dry ingredients and extract

Add food coloring as desired.  Paste type if possible so as not to thin the dough so much.

Place preferred disc in press and fill. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 325 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Makes 4-5 dozen.