CHRISTMAS RIBBON COOKIES

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Categories     Cookies     Nut

Yield 40 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 beaten egg
1 t. vanilla
1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
2 oz. slivered almonds
green food coloring
1/4 t. almond extract
1 1/2 oz. baking chocolate, melted
1/3 c chopped candied cherries

Steps:

  • Cream butter and sugar well, till very creamy. Add egg and vanilla and beat. Stir or sift flour, salt and baking powder and stir into the butter mixture. Add flour if necessary to make it easy to handle. Divide dough into three equal portions. To one, add slivered almonds, almond extract and green food coloring to the desired color. To the next, add & work in melted chocolate. To the third, add chopped cherries. By hand, shape into a three-layered rectangle about 1 1/2 X 2 X 10". Refrigerate overnight. Grease cookie sheet and cut the cookies with a sharp knife so that each one has the three layers. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 8 - 10 minutes, checking to see that they don't get brown.

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