SHORTBREAD LEAVES
325 deg. 25 minutes
1 cup marg., cream thoroughly
Sift 4 times- 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1/2 cup icing sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 cup sifted flour.
Add dry ingredients to creamed marg. and turn on lightly floured board. Knead till it begins to crack. Never refrigerate. Add green colouring now, a really deep green, or not. Roll out 1/4″ thick, cut out leaves, using a cookie cutter.
Optional: I would also add that you could omit the green food colouring, but before you bake the cookies, brush them with beaten egg white and sprinkle green sugar on top.
January 3, 2011