Almond Christmas Tree Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter
    1/2 cup shortening
    1 egg
    3/4 cup sugar
    1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
    2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
    1/4 teaspoon baking powder
    green food coloring
    1 small decorating decorative candies or 1 small colored crystal sugar
Preparation
    Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
    Sift flour& baking powder.
    Set aside.
    Cream margerine,shortening& sugar.
    Beat in egg& almond extract.
    Gradually blend in flour mixture.
    Tint dough with a few drops of green food coloring.
    Mix well.
    Fill a cookie press.
    Use the tree plate.
    form cookies on a ungreased cookie sheets.
    decorate with the candies,or colored sugar.
    Bake 8-10 minute.
    Remove at once to cooling racks.
    6 dozen cookies.

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