American Flag Cookies

1 cup margarine, softened
1 egg white, lightly whipped
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
1- 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon red food coloring
1 teaspoon blue food coloring

In a mixing bowl, combine margarine, egg white, and vanilla extract. In another mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder. Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients just until moistened. Divide dough into 3 equal portions. Tint 1 portion with red food coloring and another portion with blue food coloring. Mix throughly to get a uniform color. Untinted dough represents white. Form each portion into bars of equal length and about 1 inch thick. Wrap each bar in waxed paper. Refrigerate until easy to handle. Remove waxed paper and stack bars on top of each other in the desired color arrangement. Wrap entire bars in waxed paper again and chill until firm. Preheat oven to 350 F. Cut bars into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Place on baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes. Allow to cool for about 1 minute, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Note: Originally appeared in Women's Circle Magazine

Reviews of American Flag Cookies :

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A foodie in Marshalltown Iowa Oct 10, 2003
Would make this again.
I think these cookies are the best cookies I have ever tried!! I would totally make them again. Thank you so much for having this recipe on this website.

A foodie in Marietta Ohio united states of America Feb 23, 2003
Would make this again.
I made these cookies and they tasted great! They didn't really turn out how I expected them to be because I am not a very good cook! They are very patriotic and thay taste like vanilla.

I will probably bake them again.

A foodie in Toronto,Canada Jan 18, 2003
Would make this again.
I definitely want to make these cookies again they are very delicious cookies with great taste.

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