1/2 c Butter
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c Flour
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 ts Baking powder
Red and blue food coloring
Cream together butter and sugar. Add in the egg and vanilla. beat well. Mix
in flour, baking powder and salt; divide dough into 3 equal balls. Put one
ball into a bowl and add 10 drops of red coloring. Mix. Do the same with
the blue. Stick them all together. Roll the balls of dough together until
it looks like a red, white and blue sausage about 8 inches long. Wrap dough
in waxed paper. Refrigerate overnight. Set oven at 400 degrees. Grease
cookie sheets and slice dough into 1/4 inch thickness. Place on cookie
sheets. Bake for 8 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen.
Yields
1 Servings
