What does a person do when their A/C is not working and the repairmen are here for the next four hours? Bake of course and think cool thoughts. I bake for the troops. Since temperatures are still so hot in Iraq (120*), and these cookies are perishable in the heat, I am sending these to Afghanistan where the weather in the mountains is a bit cooler. Later this month I will post just how you can help our troops feel closer to home.
Snowflakes
1 cup shortening
1 3-oz. package of cream cheese
1 cup of sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Cream shortening and cream cheese. Gradually add sugar and continue creaming.
Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and orange rind.
Sift flour with salt and cinnamon.
Add to creamed mixture.
Fill cookie press.
Shape cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Decorate with colored sugar.
Bake 350 for 12-15 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
1 3-oz. package of cream cheese
1 cup of sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Cream shortening and cream cheese. Gradually add sugar and continue creaming.
Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and orange rind.
Sift flour with salt and cinnamon.
Add to creamed mixture.
Fill cookie press.
Shape cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Decorate with colored sugar.
Bake 350 for 12-15 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
