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Ribbon cookies

Yield: 6 Dozen -Pat

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 c Flour
• 1 1/2 ts Baking powder
• 1/2 ts Salt
• 1 c Shortening; softened
• 1 1/4 c Sugar
• 1 Egg; unbeaten
• 1 ts Vanilla
• 1/4 c Candied cherries; snipped - OR maraschino cherries
• 1 oz Unsweetened chocolate; - melted
• 1 square
• 2 tb Poppy seeds

Instructions:

Mix flour baking powder and salt. Cream shortening until light and fluffy gradually adding sugar. Stir in egg and vanilla; beat well. Blend in flour mixture. Divide dough into 3 parts. Add cherries to one chocolate to second and poppy seeds to third. Into bottom of waxed paper lined 9x5x3-inch pan pack cherry mixture evenly then chocolate then poppy seed. Refrigerate at least 24 hours. Remove dough from pan; cut in half lengthwise then crosswise into 1/4-inch slices. On ungreased cookie sheets bake 8-10 minutes or till very light brown at 400~. Makes 6-7 dozen.

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