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Basic Cream Cheese Cookies
1/2 cup shortening 3 oz. pkg. cream cheese 1/3 cup sugar 1 egg yolk 1 1/2 tsp. orange extract 1 1/2 cups sifted flour 1/2 tsp. salt Cream shortening and cheese until soft. Gradually add sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and orange extract, mix well. Sift flour and salt together, add in 3 additions. Shape dough into a roll, wrap in plastic wrap, chill about 1 hour. Assemble and fill cookie gun, set cookies onto pans. Bake 6-8 min. at 400*
Variations:
Mocha Cookies-Substitute 1 tsp. vanilla for the orange extract, add 2 Tbsp. each of cocoa, instant coffee powder to flour.
Raspberry-Nut Cookies-Substitute 1 tsp. black walnut extract for orange extract, add 2 Tbsp red respberry jelly with egg yolk and extract.
Eggnog Cookies-Substitute 1 1/2 tsp vanilla for orange extract, add 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg to flour (Personally, I would use some rum extract, or lightly brush on a rum glaze) From Wearever, The Super Shooter Idea Book
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