Easter Cookies!

Sugar Cookies:
1/3 cup melted butter
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 375F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.
Mix well and chill for 3 hrs.
Roll dough out on floured surface and cut.
Place cut cookies on a cookie sheet.
Bake 7-8 minutes, until lightly browned.
Let cool completely on a cooling rack,
then decorate with butter cream frosting.

Madison cutting out the cookie shapes.

We made Easter eggs, butterflies, tulips and swans.

Decorating time

Madison wanted to make a hand cookie too - so we did :)


Madison decorated this cookie

Madison admiring our lovely decorated cookies