Recipe - Pastel Fruit Cookies

1 pack (3oz) gelatin; any flavor
4 cup Sifted allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 One half cup Butter or margarine;
softened
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Reserve 3 tablespoons of the gelatin mixture in a
small bowl and use remainder in dough as given below. Sift together flour
and baking powder. In a bowl work butter until creamy; add sugar and
remaining gelatin; beat until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract. Beat
thoroughly. Gradually add sifted dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix
until smooth. Spoon dough into cookie press and press out into desired
shapes about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle each cookie
with about 1/8 teaspoonful of the reserved gelatin. Bake 1214 minutes, or
until edges are lightly browned. Remove cookies from sheets and cool on
wire cake racks. Makes about 7 dozen cookies.

FROM NOREEN O'BRIEN,

REDBOOK, DEC 1972, "THE GREAT

CHRISTMAS COOKIESWAP COOKBOOK"

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.