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American Flag Cookies

Yields:2-3 dozen
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation20 minutes
Cooking12 minutes
Ready In75 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup margarine softened
1 each egg white whipped
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour, unbleached all-purpose
1 1/2 cups sugar granulated
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon food coloring red
1 teaspoon food coloring blue

Directions

In a mixing bowl, combine margarine, egg white, and vanilla extract.

In anther mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder.

Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients just until moistened.

Divide dough into 3 equal portions.

Tint 1 portion with red food coloring and another portion with blue food coloring.

Mix throughly to get a uniform color.

Untinted dough represents white.

Form each portion into long bars.

Wrap each bar in waxed paper.

Refrigerate until easy to handle. Remove wax paper and stack bars on top of each other in the desired color arrangement.

Wrap entire bars in waxed paper again and chill until firm.

Preheat oven to 350F. Slice bars into 1/4 inches thick.

Place on baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes.

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Member Review

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BAVARIAN DINNER

Very good! I cut the recipe in half and it came out great. The flavor of the sausage mixed well with the kraut. The sausage was so tender it melted in your mouth. For sausage and kraut lovers, I highly recommend it.

 
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