American Flag Cookies
Recipe By : Women's Circle, Home Cooking
Makes : 36

1 cup margarine -- softened
1 egg white -- whipped
2 tsps pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp red food coloring
1 tsp blue food coloring

In a mixing bowl, combine margarine, egg white, and vanilla extract. In another mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder. Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients just until moistened.

Divide dough into 3 equal portions. Tint 1 portion with red food coloring and another portion with blue food coloring. Mix thoroughly to get a uniform color. Untinted dough represents white.

Form each portion into long bars. Wrap each bar in waxed paper. Refrigerate until easy to handle. Remove wax paper and stack bars on top of each other in the desired color arrangement. Wrap entire bars in waxed paper again and chill until firm.

Preheat oven to 350F. Slice bars into 1/4-inch thick. Place on baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes.