Halloween Cookies

Title:
Halloween Cookies

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Halloween




Ingredients:




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   1/2 c  Shortening


     1 c  Sugar


     1    Egg


     3 c  Flour


   1/4 ts Salt


     3 ts Baking powder


   1/2 c  Milk


   1/2 ts Vanilla extract


          ---Orange Frosting---


   3/4 c  Sugar


   1/4 c  Water


     2    Stiff-beaten egg whites


   1/2 tb Orange juice






 Thoroughly cream shortening and sugar; add egg and beat well. Add sifted


 dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla; mix thoroughly. Roll 1/2


 inch thich on lightly floured surface. Cut with floured halloween cookie


 cutters. Bake on greased cookie sheet in moderate oven (375) about 15


 minutes. Makes 3 dozen.


 


 Frosting: Cook sugar and water to thread-stage (232 degrees). Pour over egg


 whites; beat constantly until mixture forms beaks. Add orange juice. Beat


 until thick.


 


 Recipe by: Diana Stephens


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #864 by Diana Stephens


 
on Oct 25, 1997