Gift Giving Edible Cookie Bowl - shortening

Method

• Add shortening and butter to a mixing bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer until softened and well blended.
• Add half of the flour, sugar, egg, milk, baking powder and salt to the flour.
• Beat until thoroughly combined.
• Stir in remaining flour.
• Divide dough in half.
• Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours.
• Meanwhile, invert a 1 or 1 1/2 quart ovenproof bowl on a cookie sheet.
• Cover the bowl with foil.
• Grease the foil and set aside.
• For a pattern, cut out a 9 inch circle of parchment paper.
• To make bowls-------------.
• Roll out one of the dough packages between 2 sheets of wax paper to a 10-11 inch circle.
• Lay your 9 inch pattern on top.
• Cut with a knife or fluted pastry cutter around the pattern.
• If desired, cut out of the scrap dough decorative shapes and place them on another cookie sheet.
• Remove one sheet of the wax paper and carefully invert dough over bowl.
• Remove other sheet and form dough around bowl.
• Bake the cookie bowl in a 350 F oven, about 15 minutes or until edges turn a light brown.
• Transfer the cookie bowl to a wire rack to cool.
• Then carefully remove the cookie bowl from bowl it was baked on.
• Bake the decorative shapes, if you did them, for about 6 minutes or till the edges are a light brown.
• Cool and attach with a little frosting.