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Ingredients
Cookies
3/4 Cup Crisco shortening
3/4 Cup soft butter
1 Cup sugar
2 Eggs
2 Teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 Cups flour
1 Teaspoon baking powder
1 Teaspoon salt
Frosting
1 (2 lb) Bag confectioner�s sugar
1 Teaspoon cream of tartar - DO NOT OMIT - this makes the frosting dry and stick well
2 - 3 Tablespoons milk or cream
Instructions
Cookies
Mix wet ingredients, add dry ingredients.
Pat dough into a circle, wrap in saran wrap and chill for several hours or up to 3 days.
Roll out to 1/4� thick (may be thicker if you want a softer cookie).
Cut out and place on baking sheets covered with parchment paper.
Bake at 400�F for 6 - 8 minutes, DO NOT let cookies get too brown.
Frosting
If the frosting needs to be thinner for painting, add more milk a little at a time.
Divide into as many portions as you have colors.
Add the food colors a drop at a time until correct tint is reached.
Using kids (cheap) paint brushes, "paint" cookies as you wish.
As the frosting hardens the colors will blend into each other giving a soft pastel look.
Makes about 4dozen