Mexican Flag Cookies

2 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
2 cups butter (4 sticks), softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
4 1/2 cups sifted flour
Red and green colored sugar

Preheat oven to 350F. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Cream together butter and sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Blend in dissolved yeast. Gradually stir in flour. Chill dough for about 2 hours. Shape into 3/4" balls. Dip one side in red sugar, the other in green sugar, leaving a clear stripe down the center. Place on buttered cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from immediately to wire racks to cool.

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Sherry in Texas Nov 13, 2003
Would not make this again.
These cookies are very festive and colorful looking, but I did not like the taste very much. You can taste the yeast in the cookies. To me they were ho-hum.

Vicky Sanchez in Beaufort, SC Sep 19, 2003
Would make this again.
They are so gooood!

Rachel Wellington in Oregon Dec 21, 2002
Would make this again.
Being Mexican, with every bite of these cookies, it's like a reafirmation of my culture! I am in love with these delicous and muy bueno cookies!

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