Crazy Critters
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens

Make these animal-shape cookies for children's birthday party treats or plan a party activity for kids to shape cookies and take them home as party favors.


Crazy Critters

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Servings: 24 to 30 cookies
Prep Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 3 mins
Related Categories: Cookies, Cookies
 
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Ingredients
  • 3/4  cup
    butter (no substitutes), softened
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  • 2/3  cup
    shortening
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  • 1-1/2  cups
    sugar
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  • 1  tablespoon
    baking powder
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    salt
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  • 2 
    eggs
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  • 2  teaspoons
    vanilla
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  • 4  cups
    all-purpose flour
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    Paste food coloring
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  • 24  to 30
    wooden crafts sticks
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Directions
1.
Beat butter and shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt; beat until combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon.
2.
Divide dough into portions, one for each desired color. Place each portion in a self-sealing plastic bag; add food coloring. Close bag and squeeze until dough is evenly colored.
3.
Heat oven to 300 degree F. Roll dough into balls, then combine balls into animal shapes. Flatten shapes so they are no more than 1/2 inch thick. Add details shaped from small balls of dough. Place shapes on an ungreased cookie sheet. Insert a crafts stick into each shape, pressing dough around stick.
4.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until edges are firm. Carefully transfer to wire racks and cool. (Do not lift by sticks until completely cooled.) Makes 24 to 30 cookies.
Nutrition information
Calories 232, Total Fat 12 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Cholesterol 34 mg, Sodium 142 mg, Carbohydrate 28 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 5%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 4%, Iron 6%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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