Easter Dolls

By Dolllady1030

Large cookies containing dyed hard boiled eggs and shaped into dolls

Ingredients

• 12 eggs
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• rind of 1 orange
• 9 cups flour

Preparation

Step 1

-preheat oven to 350 deg
-cream shortening and sugar
-beat eggs and add to sugar mixture
-add orange rind
-add flour and baking powder one cup and 1 tsp at a time;add more flour if necessary to have a workable dough
-flour work surface and pinch enough dough to form approx 12 in rope; twist the rope once in the center; this is the doll’s head; leave a space and twist dough again below the space(legs and feet); place hard boiled egg in empty space; roll 2 smaller pieces of dough and form a cross over the egg to secure it in place; cut toes on the feet
-bake for 20 minutes or until bottoms are slightly browned
-frost with simple confectioner’s sugar and milk icing and sprinkles