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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 18 |
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Ingredients:
1 cup butter |
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar |
1 egg |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1 teaspoon cream of tartar |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Mix well.
2. In a medium sized bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Blend into the butter mixture. Divide dough into thirds and shape into balls.
3. Working with 1/3 of the dough at a time, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface. With a knife, cut dough into rectangles about 2 inches high by 3 inches long. (6 x 8 cm).
4. Place rectangles on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack.
5. **Frosting**
6. 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
7. 1/4 teaspoon salt
8. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
9. 1 tablespoon water
10. 2 drops orange food coloring
11. 2 drops green food coloring
12. Blend confectioners' sugar, salt and vanilla. Add just enough water to make frosting easy to spread.
13. Divide frosting into 2 small bowls. Add 2 drops of orange food coloring to one bowl and 2 drops of green food coloring to the other bowl. Mix each until the colors are even.
14. Frost 1 inch of the left side of each Irish Flag Cookie with the green frosting and 1 inch of the right side of the cookies with the orange frosting, leaving the middle inch unfrosted.
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