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You need a shortbread (butter cookie) recipe, two biscuit cutters (one slightly smaller than the other), and a drinking straw (to make the holes).
Recipe via allrecipes.com
Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Sift together the flour and salt; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the egg yolks, almond extract and vanilla extract. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients. Fill a cookie press with dough and shoot cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. If you like, decorate with sugar or sprinkles at this time.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven.