Time to make cookies for Chanukah!

Chanukah Star Cookies, Hamantaschen base

This recipe makes 15 5-inch large stars, 25 3-inch small stars or about 20 Hamantaschen.

Ingredients

1 cup butter (2 sticks), room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

1 egg

2 3/4 scant cups flour

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

Beat until consistency for spreading, adding 1/4 tsp. milk as needed.

Divide frosting in half. To one half, mix in 1-2 drops blue food coloring. Have a few small bowls of colored sprinkles, sugars in different colors, and mini chocolate chips to decorate the cookies...