POINSETTIA BLOSSOMS

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Bring festive color to your dessert table with these beautiful flower-shaped cookies.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 3h30m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 9

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
30 drops red food color
1 egg
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
Red sugar, if desired
About 3 dozen yellow candy-coated chocolate candies or other small yellow candies

Steps:

  • Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, food color, egg and cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
  • Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls; roll in red sugar. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
  • Heat oven to 375°F. Place balls about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Make 6 cuts with sharp knife in top of each ball about three-fourths of the way through to make 6 wedges. Spread wedges apart very slightly to form flower petals (cookies will separate and flatten as they bake).
  • Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and edges begin to brown. Immediately press 1 candy in center of each cookie. Carefully remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 85, Carbohydrate 9 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 35 mg

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