Ornament Cookies

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Ornament Cookies.(Brief Article)(Recipe)
Author/s: Nancy Hopkins
Issue: Nov, 2000

Lots of giggles, flour everywhere, and plenty of hugs--of course you remember all those holiday baking sessions you enjoyed as a child. Who wouldn't? That's why we created these eye-popping ornament cookies--to help you recapture those delicious memories and share them with the youngsters in your life. Our colorful cookie treats are adorable by the bucketful and easy on your crunched holiday schedule. All you need is 60 minutes, four ingredients, and a few tubes of ready-made icings. Just use the simple shortbread recipe here, or order our custom, ready-to-give cookie kit.

Shortbread Ornaments Prep: 15 min. Bake: 12 min.

1 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 4.25-oz. tubes decorating icing,
such as red, kelly green, and
lemon yellow

1. Preheat oven to 325 [degrees] F. In mixing bowl beat butter with mixer for 30 seconds. Add vanilla. Beat until combined.

2. In a medium mixing bowl combine flour and sugar. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, beating on low speed after each addition. Mixture will seem dry and crumbly. Use hands to press mixture until it forms a smooth ball.

3. Divide dough into thirds. Roll one-third of dough at a time between two sheets of waxed paper to 1/4 inch thick.

4. Using a 3-inch ornament-shaped or round cutter, cut dough into large shapes. Re-roll scraps. Chill dough, if necessary. Using a 1 1/2-inch ornament-shaped or round cutter, cut dough into small shapes. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake large ornaments 15 to 18 minutes or until edges start to brown. Bake small ornaments 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Carefully transfer cookies to wire rack. Cool completely.

5. Using red, kelly green, and lemon yellow decorating icing, decorate cookies with decorating tips, adding dots, stripes, and squiggles. Let cookies stand until icing is set. Makes about 18 large cookies; 22 small cookies.

Nutrition facts per serving: 168 cal., 11 g total fat (7 g sat. fat), 29 mg chol., 110 mg sodium, 16 g carbo., 0 g fiber, and 2 g pro. Daily Values: 10% vit. A, 0% vit. C, 1% calcium, and 4% iron.

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: Ornament Cookies.(Brief Article)(Recipe) : Author/s: Nancy Hopkins : Issue: Nov, 2000 : Lots of giggles, flour everywhere, and plenty of hugs--of course you remember all those holiday baking sessions you enjoyed as a child. Who wouldn't? That's why we created these eye-popping ornament cookies--to help you recapture those delicious memories and share them with the youngsters in your life. Our colorful cookie treats are adorable by the bucketful and easy on your crunched holiday schedule. All you need is 60 minutes, four ingredients, and a few tubes of ready-made icings. Just use the simple shortbread recipe here, or order our custom, ready-to-give cookie kit. : Shortbread Ornaments Prep: 15 min. Bake: 12 min. : : 1 cup butter, softened : 1 teaspoon vanilla : 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour : 1/3 cup sugar : 3 4.25-oz. tubes decorating icing, : such as red, kelly green, and : lemon yellow : : 1. Preheat oven to 325 [degrees] F. In mixing bowl beat butter with mixer for 30 seconds. Add vanilla. Beat until combined. : 2. In a medium mixing bowl combine flour and sugar. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, beating on low speed after each addition. Mixture will seem dry and crumbly. Use hands to press mixture until it forms a smooth ball. : 3. Divide dough into thirds. Roll one-third of dough at a time between two sheets of waxed paper to 1/4 inch thick. : 4. Using a 3-inch ornament-shaped or round cutter, cut dough into large shapes. Re-roll scraps. Chill dough, if necessary. Using a 1 1/2-inch ornament-shaped or round cutter, cut dough into small shapes. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake large ornaments 15 to 18 minutes or until edges start to brown. Bake small ornaments 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Carefully transfer cookies to wire rack. Cool completely. : 5. Using red, kelly green, and lemon yellow decorating icing, decorate cookies with decorating tips, adding dots, stripes, and squiggles. Let cookies stand until icing is set. Makes about 18 large cookies; 22 small cookies. : Nutrition facts per serving: 168 cal., 11 g total fat (7 g sat. fat), 29 mg chol., 110 mg sodium, 16 g carbo., 0 g fiber, and 2 g pro. Daily Values: 10% vit. A, 0% vit. C, 1% calcium, and 4% iron. : COPYRIGHT 2000 Meredith Corporation : COPYRIGHT 2000 Gale Group

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