Sand Tarts

1 cup shortening (butter preferred)
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
3-1/2 to 4 cups Daisy Organic Pastry
or Spelt Flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla or lemon extract

Cream shortening and sugar

Add eggs and flavoring

Beat until fluffy

Mix salt and baking powder with flour

Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture

Stir until medium-soft dough is formed

Chill several hours in refrigerator
Roll very thin and cut into desired
cookie shapes

Brush tops with rich milk or egg and
sprinkle with sugar, colored sugar
or use other decorations
Place 1-inch apart on a greased
cookie sheet

Bake at 350 F for 8 to 10 minutes

Makes 4 to 5 dozen cookies

Success in making good cookies
requires regulating the oven
temperature properly since
cookies generally are high in
sugar & therefore regulating the
oven temperature is important.
Usually put cookie dough into a
high temperature oven and then
turn it down.
 

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Daisy Flours are milled by McGeary Organics
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 800-624-3279