Egyptian Rose Leaves

Ingredients

• 0.33 cups shortening
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon rosewater
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 teaspoons salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Mix shortening, sugar, eggs and rose fluid until fluffy. Stir flour and salt together, then mix in butter mixture. Dough will be soft. Chill several hours or overnight.

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) Light grease or line baking sheets with parchment paper.

3. 3

   Using 1/3 of dough at time (keep rest of dough refrigerated) roll into balls about 3/4 inch in diameter. Place on cookie sheets. Flatten with hand until approximately half of their original thickness. Imagine the flattened cookie to be a clock. Make 2 slits, each 1/2 inch long, in cookie at 10:00 and at 2:00. Pinch bottom to form "base" of petal. Sprinkle with red or pink decorator's sugar.

4. 4

   Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned on bottom. Do not brown tops of cookies!