MAGIC CARPET COOKIES

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I've been making these since I was a teenager. They look so cute when cut into little rectangles (rhomboid?) with a stripe of two different jellies in them. Now I use the all fruit jelly to cut down on the amount of sugar.

Provided by Sudie

Categories     Bar Cookie

Time 30m

Yield 60 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
3 teaspoons almonds or 3 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
2 2/3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 375.
  • Cream together butter, sugar, egg, flavoring.
  • Stir dry ingredients together; blend in.
  • Reserve 1/2 of dough; roll the rest into 2 rectangles, 12" x 6".
  • Cut rectangles lengthwise into 3 strips.
  • Lift each strip carefully onto ungreased baking sheet.
  • Put reserve dough into cookie press.
  • Using smallest star design, press a long rope down each side of each strip, and one down the center.
  • Bake 10 minutes, until edges are light brown.
  • When cookies are cool, fill between the rows with different colored jellies or icing.
  • cut cookies into 1" diagonal pieces.

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