Holly Wreath Cookies

2/3 c     shortening

     OR

1/2 c     butter

2/3 c     granulated sugar

2         eggs, well-beaten

1 tsp     vanilla

3 1/2 c   cake flour

1/2 tsp   salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

butter icing

colored sugars, etc.



Cream shortening or butter. Add sugar gradually; cream

together. Add eggs & vanilla and mix. Sift cake flour with salt &

baking powder. Chill dough well.



Set oven at 400x. Roll dough to 1/8" thickness. Cut with

doughnut cutter [or other shapes]. Decorate with fancy colored

sugar, non-pareils, and red cinnamon candies [before baking, or

after baking put on a thin layer of butter icing and then the

decorations. This is traditionally the last operation of Cookie

Day.]  Bake at moderate to hot, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool cookies

before icing and dry icing thoroughly before storing in air tight

can.



1991, '92, '93, '94:  1.5 recipes.