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Activities:
5. Bake Moon Cookies
4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cups soft margarine
4 tsp milk
Combine flour, baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt and set aside.
Cream margarine, sugar and 1 tsp salt until fluffy.
Add milk and vanilla; add flour mixture to creamed ingredients one cup at a time and blend together.
Refrigerate cookie dough for at least 2 hours.
Use rolling pin to roll out dough on a lightly floured surface.
Using floured cookie cutters (crescents and circles) make moon shaped cookies.
(Children may shape cookies by hand)
Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 9 minutes.