Poinsettia Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter or margarine - (2 sticks) - softened
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Confectioners' sugar
1		Egg - beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Almond extract
1 teaspoon	5ml	Pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups	156g / 5.5oz	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
		Red decorating sugar - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Cream butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Add confectioners' sugar; beat well. Beat in the egg and extracts. Blend in the flour and salt. Form the dough into two disks and wrap them in plastic. Chill the dough well.

Remove one disk from the refrigerator. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 1 1/2-inch squares, then cut from each corner of the square almost to the center. Turn over every other cut point to the center and press gently, forming a pinwheel (or poinsettia). Sprinkle the center of each with red sugar. Repeat with the second disk of dough.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the cookies on greased baking sheets and bake until very lightly golden, about 8 to 10 minutes.

This recipe yields about 5 dozen cookies.

Nutritional Analysis Per Cookie: 36 calories, 4g carbohydrates, no protein, 2g fat, 7mg cholesterol.

Source:
Simply Delicious by Sheila Lukins from Parade magazine - Pub date: - 12-09-2001 - S(Reformatted for MC6): - 07-30-2002 by Joe Comiskey - [email protected] - Yield: - 60 cookies

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