SILHOUETTE COOKIES

Silhouette Cookies image

Provided by Tinkerbell

Categories Dessert

Time 4h10m

Yield 6 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 cup butter (no substitutes)
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 unsweetened chocolate squares (1 oz each)
1/3 cup butter (refrigerator temp for electric mixer, slightly softened for hand mixing, margarine or shortening can)
6 ounces cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Starting with sugar cookies:.
Cream butter and sugar well.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
Cover and chill dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
About an hour before you want to start baking make chocolate cookies:
Melt chocolate in a double boiler or very slowly in the microwave; set aside to cool.
Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar well. Add chocolate.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
Fill cookie press and form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets. Chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375°F
While chocolate cookies are chilling, roll the sugar cookie dough out onto a lightly floured pastry mat to about 1/8-1/4" thickness.
Cut out with a 2" round cookie cutter.
Place on ungreased baking sheets.
Lift chilled chocolate cookies with a spatula and place on top of each sugar cookie.
Bake at 375°F for about 10 minutes.