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Bear Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • Cookies:
  • 3 c flour
  • ½ Tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ROYAL ICING
  • 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
  • 3 tablespoons meringue powder
  • Scant 1/2 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Beat butter and sugar.
  • Add egg, milk & vanilla.
  • Add flour & baking powder.
  • Pat into a disk and roll out to desired thickness.
  • Use bear cutters to make shapes and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Cut thicker shapes if inserting oven safe cookie sticks.
  • Let cool.
  • Icing:
  • Beat ingredients in a mixer bowl on low speed until smooth, about 7 minutes.
  • If icing is too thick, add more water; if too thin, beat 2 to 3 minutes more.
  • Add food colorings and pipe the cookies.
  • To serve: Display pops in a Teddy Graham Box stuffed with styrofoam for the cookie sticks to stand in.