Title: Cherry Tree Cookies
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 36 Cookies

1/3	c	Shortening; soft
3/4	c	Brown sugar, firmly packed
1		Egg
1	ts	Vanilla
1 1/4	c	Sifted all-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1/4	c	Milk
1 1/2	c	Quaker Oats, uncooked - (quick or old-fashioned)
		Red cinnamon candies
		Green colored sugar
		Chocolate shot

Beat shortening and sugar together until creamy. Blend in egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in oats. Chill dough several hours.

Roll out on lightly floured board or canvas to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out "tree-tops" with floured 3-1/2-inch round cutter. Cut out "tree trunks" about 1 inch tall with sharp knife. Place circles on greased cooky sheet; attach "tree trunks". Press cinnamon candies into "tree tops" and sprinkle with green colored sugar. Sprinkle "tree trunks" with chocolate shot. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) 8 to 10 minutes.

NOTE: Cookies can be cut with a tree-shaped cutter, if desired. Decorate as above.

Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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