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!).