Snowflakes

1 cup shortening
1 3 oz pkg. cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp orange juice
2½ cups sifted flour
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp cinnamon

Cream shortening and cheese well. Add sugar gradually and continue creaming. Beat in egg yolk, vanilla, and orange juice. Sift flour with salt and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture. Place dough into cookie press. Press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with colored sugar, if desired. Bake at 350˚ for 12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets at once. Cool on wire rack.

Kathee Jefferson