Cookie Press Cookies

Ingredients

 * 1 1/2 cups of margarine or butter (at room temperature, but not melted)
 * 3 1/2 cups of white flour
 * 1 cup of sugar
 * 1 egg
 * 1 Tablespoon of baking powder
 * 1 teaspoon of vanilla
 * 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract or pineapple extract

Directions

 * 1) In a large bowl, stir the margarine or butter until soft and light, about 30 seconds. Add 1 cup of the flour and all of the other ingredients and beat until well combined. Then stir in the remaining flour.
 * 2) Put some dough in the cookie press. Force the dough through the cookie press onto an ungreased cookie sheet (a large, flat, metal pan used for baking cookies). Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 8 or 9 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are firm but not yet brown. Remove from the oven and carefully place cookie on a wire rack to cool. (The kids will love to help you make different shapes with the cookie press!)