Christmas Pastels

ingredients

• servings: 3
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 (3 ounce) package fruit flavored jell-o® mix
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup white sugar for decoration

recipe

• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c).
• in a medium bowl, cream the shortening, sugar, and flavored gelatin. stir in the eggs and vanilla. sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture.
• roll cookies into 1 inch balls place them on an unprepared cookie sheet, and flatten with a cookie stamp dipped in sugar. if you don 't have a cookie stamp, flatten cookies with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. bake for 6 to 8 minutes , until set but not brown.