COOKIES AROUND THE WORLD 4 OF 5

Steps:

• BASIC COOKIE DOUGH:.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Add flour slowly, and mix well.
• Divide in two.
• SWEDISH RUBY DROPS.
• Use 1/2 cookie dough.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Shape cookie dough by rounded teaspoon into balls.
• Balls can be rolled in colored sugar or dip in slightly beaten egg white and roll in finely chopped nuts.
• Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet.
• Press thumb deeply into center of each.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until set but not brown.
• Fill thumbprint with jelly.
• NORWEGIAN WREATHS.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Mix into 1/2 basic dough- orange peel.
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfulls into pencil-like strips about 5 inches long.
• Form strip into a circle, overlapping 1/2 inch at each end.
• Brush tops with slightly beaten egg white.
• Sprinkle with granulated sugar.
• Press bits of red cherries on center of overlap for berries.
• Add leaves chopped from green cherries.
• Bake on ungreased baking sheet 8-10 minutes until set but not brown.
• Immediately remove from baking sheet.