Ice Cream Stick Face Cookies (Birthday Favorite)


1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk or canned milk
3½ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Instructions:
Mix first 3 ingredients together. Stir in milk. Add sifted dry ingredients. Chill dough one hour. Roll into small balls. Insert a Popsicle stick and flatten with the bottom of a sugared glass. Bake @ 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool.
Frost and decorate.
Frosting:
2 egg whites
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Beat egg whites until stiff; add sugar and vanilla, beat until it looks like thick enamel paint. Frost cooled cookies; add M & M's for eyes, coconut (tinted) for hair. Let dry and paint mouth with food coloring dipped on a toothpick.












Category: Dessert/ Snacks
Recipe By: Linda van den Eikhof
 
Prep & Cook Time: 1.5 - 2 hours
Level of Difficulty: moderate - difficult
 
Makes:
 



 
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