1 cup margarine -- softened
1 egg white -- whipped
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cup unbleached flour
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp red food coloring
1 tsp blue food coloring
Directions
In a mixing bowl, combine margarine, egg white, and vanilla extract.
In anther 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 long bars. Wrap each bar in waxed paper. Refrigerate until easy
to handle. Remove wax 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. Slice bars into 1/4"
thick. Place on baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes.
Recipe By : Women's Circle, Home Cooking
Servings: 36 servings
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