Last day of 4th of July recipes and craft

This is the last day of the recipes and crafts for the 4th of July.  I hope you enjoyed it and were able to get some new ideas on things you could do to celebrate our country's birthday.  Today's recipe is Red, White and Blue cookies.

 INGREDIENTS

1	cup granulated sugar
1	cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2	teaspoon almond extract
1	egg
2 1/4	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
2	tablespoons red colored sugars
2	tablespoons blue colored sugars

Directions

1. Beat granulated sugar, butter, almond extract and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in flour.

2. Divide dough in half; cover half and set aside. Place remaining half on waxed paper or plastic wrap; press into 8-inch square. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon each of the red sugar and blue sugar. Using waxed paper to lift, roll up dough. Repeat with remaining dough and colored sugars. Wrap rolls in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.

3. Heat oven to 375ºF. Cut rolls into 1/4-inch slices. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

 Recipe courtesy of BettyCrocker.com.



Today's craft is 4th of July Wreath. 

 

Materials:

11 yards 1" wide red-white-and-blue ribbon
20" grapevine wreath
Three 4" x 6" American flags
Floral wire

 Directions:

Weave 2 1/2 yards of ribbon through the grapevine wreath. Glue the ends of the ribbons together; this is the bottom of the wreath. Arrange three flags at the bottom of the wreath in a fan shape so they slightly overlap; glue the flags in place. Use a small amount of glue to secure the edges of the flags where they overlap.

Cut two 36" lengths of ribbon and fashion a small multi-loop bow from each piece; tie with floral wire. Glue a bow to each side of the wreath.

Use the remaining ribbon to make one large multi-loop bow. Glue bow to the bottom of the wreath to cover glued sections of ribbon and flags.

Craft courtesy of Familycorner.com.

Have a great weekend and a Happy 4th of July!