Ingredients

• Cookies:
• 3 c flour
• ½ Tablespoon baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 sticks butter
• 1 egg
• 2 Tablespoons milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ROYAL ICING
• 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons meringue powder
• Scant ½ cup water

Instructions

1. Beat butter and sugar.
2. Add egg, milk & vanilla.
3. Add flour & baking powder.
4. Pat into a disk and roll out to desired thickness.
5. Use bear cutters to make shapes and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Cut thicker shapes if inserting oven safe cookie sticks.
6. Let cool.
7. Icing:
8. Beat ingredients in a mixer bowl on low speed until smooth, about 7 minutes.
9. If icing is too thick, add more water; if too thin, beat 2 to 3 minutes more.
10. Add food colorings and pipe the cookies.
11. To serve: Display pops in a Teddy Graham Box stuffed with styrofoam for the cookie sticks to stand in.

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