• 1 cup Crisco shortening
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• Red and green decorator colored sprinkles
• Mirror cookie press

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cream together the shortening and cheese well with electric mixer. Gradually add sugar and continue creaming beat in egg yoke and vanilla extract. In another bowl sift together dry ingredients, flour, salt, cinnamon. Gradually add dry mixture to creamed mixture and continue to blend until well mixed.

Now that you have the dough ready, just fill your cookie press and select an appropriate holiday design and form fancy cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. To decorate, sprinkle colored sugar on top. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until slightly golden brown.

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