Christmas Cookies Part Two

Today I made Aunt Margaret's Christmas Cookies.  Actually she used to make them for everything.  Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Birthdays, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, you get the picture.

Her's were thicker and prettier than mine.  I make them thin so 1) I can get more cookies from the batch and 2) each one has fewer calories, so you can eat two.

Aunt Margaret’s Festive Italian Cookies

3 Cups Flour
2 Teaspoons baking power
½ Teaspoon salt

½ Cup sugar

¼ Pound butter

3 Eggs

1 Teaspoon vanilla

Sift first three dry ingredients together

Blend sugar and butter until creamy

Beat in eggs and vanilla

Add dry ingredients

Knead lightly

Roll out to ½ inch thick

Cut out round cookies with small cutter
(For a different shape, roll into ropes, cut and tie into knots)

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 – 12 minutes

Frosting

½ box Confectioners sugar

1 tsp lemon extract

1 tsp cold water or more as needed

Blend until a smooth, runny consistency is achieved

For colored frosting, divide into separate bowls add food color as desired

Frost the cookies by dipping, let dry