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Mary K
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I made Mexican orange spice cookies for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and froze half. They're cutouts, so I made them all stars of different sizes. Right now, my 19yodd is baking: oatmeal cookies, peanut butter blossoms, sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies. She doesn't want helpers, so I'll bake with the younger crew another day.
God bless,
Mary
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I make these for Easter, but they will work for Christmas too,I ice them with royal icing, like for gingerbread houses. And they don't need refrigeration  always a plus in my book!
Honey-Lemon Sculpture Cookies
In a large bowl combine 5 1/2c flour and 3teasp baking soda; set aside. In another large bowl, combine 1 3/4c sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4c honey, 2tsp vanilla, and 3tsp grated lemon/orange peel. Melt 1c butter and boil 1/2c water. Add butter and water to sugar mixture and stir untill disolved. Gradually stir in flour mixture to form a stiff dough.
Use dough immediately or tightly wrap and refrigerate up to 2 days.
To shape dough, either roll out onto a floured board and cut with a knife or cookie cutter, or use your hands to make 1/4 inch even ropes and shape letters and numbers and use to applique onto other cookies to add definition, or roll out onto a greased, unrimmed cookie sheet to cut big cookies, or ... Just don't build cookies thicker than 3/4 inch.
Place on greased cookie sheet one inch apart and bake at 300* for 20-30 minuts or untill golden at edges ( less time for 1/8-1/4 inch plain rolled cutouts). Let cool on baking sheet for at least 10 minutes; then transfer to racks to cool completely.
Happy baking!
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MaryG wrote:
Candy Cane Crisps – preheat oven to 325
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar, divided
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup coarsely crushed peppermint candy canes – about 6 big canes
Preheat oven to 325 F. In large bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until creamy; beat in vanilla. In another bowl, stir together flour, oats and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, blending thoroughly. Add all crushed peppermint candies; mix until well combined. Drop by spoonful onto greased cookie sheet; chill for about 20 minutes (in freezer). Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheets 2 to 3 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.
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We are going to try these. May I ask why the powdered sugar is divided in the ingredient list? Do you dust them after taking them out of the oven?
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MNMommy wrote:
MaryG wrote:
Candy Cane Crisps – preheat oven to 325
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar, divided
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup coarsely crushed peppermint candy canes – about 6 big canes
Preheat oven to 325 F. In large bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until creamy; beat in vanilla. In another bowl, stir together flour, oats and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, blending thoroughly. Add all crushed peppermint candies; mix until well combined. Drop by spoonful onto greased cookie sheet; chill for about 20 minutes (in freezer). Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheets 2 to 3 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.
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We are going to try these. May I ask why the powdered sugar is divided in the ingredient list? Do you dust them after taking them out of the oven? |
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I just found this recipe in one of my cookbooks and it used 1c sugar fot the batter and 1/4c to roll the cookies in before baking. It also reserved 1/2c of the crushed canes for sprinkling onto the flattened cookies before baking. I just made a batch and because I wasn't paying attention, I put the canes meant for sprinkling, into the sugar for rolling  .They turned out great anyway .
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