Currants, raisins, candies, colored sugar, finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or fruit peel, if desired
PREP TIME
1h5m
COOK TIME
10m
TOTAL TIME
1h15m
YIELD 72 servings
Instructions
Heat oven to 400ºF. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.