Cookie Press Cookies

Ingredients

 * 1½ cups of margarine or butter (at room temperature, but not melted)
 * 3½ cups of white flour
 * 1 cup of sugar
 * 1 egg
 * 1 tablespoon of baking powder
 * 1 teaspoon of vanilla
 * ½ 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.
 * 2) Add 1 cup of the flour and all of the other ingredients and beat until well combined.
 * 3) Then stir in the remaining flour.
 * 4) Put some dough in the cookie press.
 * 5) Force the dough through the cookie press onto an ungreased cookie sheet (a large, flat, metal pan used for baking cookies).
 * 6) 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.
 * 7) 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!).