Mom T's Spritz Cookies

• 1 cup shortening
• 34 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 34 cups flour, minus 5 1/2 Tablespoons
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 -4 drops food coloring, of your choice if desired
• confectioners' sugar, to dust baked cookies

1. Mix all ingredients except confectioners sugar and chill in refrigerator until firm.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
3. Using a cookie press make cookies the shape you desire.
4. Bake 12-15 minutes.
5. Dust warm cookies with confectioners sugar and let cool completely.

shortening, sugar, egg, almond, flour, salt, baking powder, coloring, confectioners

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mom-ts-spritz-cookies-472990 (may not work)