Pat egan's christmas tree cookies
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- Preparation time: 20 minutes chilling time: 4 hours baking time: 10 minutes Put flour, Sugar, butter, baking powder, salt, almond extract and egg into large bowl of an electric mixer.
- Note: the logs can be divided and shaped into 3 sizes and sliced to form a 3-tiered tree.
- These second-place winning cookies are easily shaped into trees that are edged with glittery green Sugar.
- Of her simple cookies, Pat Egan of Dolton, Illinois writes, "They're not a fancy or gourmet cookie, but a simple symbol of the christmas season that is so close to my heart." from the Chicago Tribune annual food guide holiday cookie contest december 8, 1988.
[edit] Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- Softened
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup Green Sugar crystals, about
- 1/4 cup Confetti or nonpareil candy
- Decorations, optional
[edit] Directions
- Mix together, using low speed.
- Dough will be crumbly.
- Then knead dough with hands until mixture holds together.
- Remove 1/3 cup of the dough; wrap and refrigerate.
- Divide remaining dough in thirds.
- Using hands, roll each into a 6-inch log.
- Put Sugar crystals on a sheet of wax paper.
- Roll each log in the Sugar crystals to coat well; use the wax paper as a guide to press in crystals.
- Shape each log into a triangle, pressing gently on wax paper to give three sharp corners.
- Make sure to make 2 sides longer than the third side.
- Wrap each log well and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until dough is firm enough to slice.
- To this point, cookies can be made up to a week in advance.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- To bake, slice logs crosswise into ¼-inch slices.
- Put slices about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- For each cookie, shape about ½ teaspoon of the reserved 1/3 cup dough into a tree trunk.
- Attach to bottom underside of each tree.
- Sprinkle each cookie lightly with candy decorations, if desired.
- Bake until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Carefully remove to wire racks.
- Cool completely.
