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What You Need:

⅔ cup granulated sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
1½ to 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2¼ cups all purpose flour
Food coloring
Cookie press with desired cutouts

How to Make It:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine sugar, egg, butter, salt and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Beat until mixture is fluffy; add flour. Beat until well mixed. Add a few drops of food coloring, 1 to 2 drops at a time until desired color is attained. Put dough into cookie press. Place desired shapes 1-inch apart on baking sheets. Bake for 7 minutes, or until edges brown slightly.