Sugar Cookie Icing

Ingredients

• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 4 teaspoons milk
• 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• assorted food coloring

Directions

1. In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth [you may need to add additional milk to reach desired consistency]. Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
2. Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity. Dip cookies, or paint them with a brush.

Amanda's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
6 tbsp. milk
2 tbsp. vanilla
2 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. soda
12 oz. chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cream peanut butter, shortening, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Add eggs. Add flour, salt, and soda.

Drop by tbsp. fulls onto cookie sheet. Flatten with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.

Bake for 7 - 8 minutes or until just beginning to brown.

Grandma Cushman's Sugar Cookies

½ cup soft butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup sugar
½ tsp. salt
2 eggs
¼ tsp. soda
2 tbsp. cream
2 ½ cups flour

Mix batter in order given and chill for 4-5 hours. Roll out, cut with cookie cutters, and bake for 6-8 minutes at 400 degrees.

Allow to cool and frost to your hearts content.