Painted Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

110 gr butter
95 gr shortening
200 gr powdered sugar
1 egg
4 gr vanilla extract
325 gr all purpose flour
1 gr salt
1 egg yolk paint egg yolk paint
1 egg yolk
1 ml water
1 assorted colors of paste -liquid
1 portion in refrigerator
1/8 thickness on a floured surface
2 cookie cutter

Instructions

NOTE: Forego the usual sugar sprinkles to decorate the tops of rolled sugar cookies, and try painting them with Egg Yolk Paint. This cookie recipe works particularly well for the technique since it has no leavening added, and the cookies don't rise as much as some. Rising could alter the look of the design you paint before baking. ----