Magic Carpet Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Mix butter, sugar, egg and flavoring until creamy. Measure flour by sifting. Mix dry ingredients. Blend into butter mixture.
• Divide dough in half, reserve for trim. Roll remaining dough in 2 (12x6-inch) rectangles on a well-floured or cloth covered board. Cut each rectangle lengthwise in 3 equal strips. With a spatula, carefully lift each strip to a parchment lined baking sheet, placing 1 inch apart.
• Spoon reserved dough into a cookie press. Work in 2 teaspoons cream if it is too dry. Using the smallest star design, press out long ropes on each side of strip, and also 1 down center, pressing down slightly to seal. If you do not have a cookie press, you can roll long, thin ropes instead. Bake about 10 minutes, or until edges are delicately browned.
• Cool. Fill in the rows of trim with jelly or icing. Carefully cut 1-inch diagonal pieces with a sharp knife.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375.
• Cream together butter, sugar, egg, flavoring.
• Stir dry ingredients together; blend in.
• Reserve 1/2 of dough; roll the rest into 2 rectangles, 12" x 6".
• Cut rectangles lengthwise into 3 strips.
• Lift each strip carefully onto ungreased baking sheet.
• Put reserve dough into cookie press.
• Using smallest star design, press a long rope down each side of each strip, and one down the center.
• Bake 10 minutes, until edges are light brown.
• When cookies are cool, fill between the rows with different colored jellies or icing.
• cut cookies into 1" diagonal pieces.