Christmas Tree Cookies

Ms. Ellen Spillane, Upper School Math Teacher, shared her holiday recipe for Christmas Tree Cookies.

Ingredients:

• One cup butter
• Three-fourths a cup of sugar
• One egg
• One teaspoon almond extract
• One-fourth teaspoon salt
• Two and one-fourth cups sifted all-purpose flour
• One-fourth teaspoon baking powder
• Green food coloring

Directions:

1. Cream butter and sugar well.  Beat in the egg and almond extract.
2. Gradually blend in dry ingredients.
3. Tint dough with a few drops of green food coloring.  Mix well.
4. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets.
5. Use a tree cookie-cutter to shape the cookies.
6. Bake for ten to 12 minutes.
7. Remove when crisp to cooling racks.

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