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Empire Cookies
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 cup strawberry jam
* 1 cup icing sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
* 1 tablespoon hot water
* 1/4 cup candied cherries, halved
Instructions
Add sugar, to butter, and cream together. Add the egg and vanilla, beat.
Combine flour and baking powder; gradually and carefully add to butter
mix.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. With
cookie cutter or small ramekin, cut into small circles, and place on
ungreased baking sheets and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes, or until very
lightly browned at edges. Cool completely. Spread jam on half of the
cookies and top with remaining cookies.
Icing
Combine icing sugar, almond extract, and hot water to make a thin icing
(add water slowly mixing until you reach a thin icing consistency).
Frost the top of each cookie and place half a candied cherry on each.
You may also like to cut out small holes in tops prior to icing to allow
jam to peek
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Cake Balls
Ingredients
* cake mix
* prepared icing
* 1 pkg sweet, baking chocolate
Instructions
Bake cake as per box instructions in any shape pan. Cool for 15 minutes.
Crumble baked cake
into mixing bowl while cake is still warm, breaking it with hand mixer
or fork to reach a consistent
texture. Add icing and mix. (Note: if you want your cake balls to be
more ‘cakey’ add less than full
container.) Chill the mixture until completely cool, about 15 minutes in
the freezer.
Roll the mixture into balls, using either your hands or a melon baller.
Place on cookie
sheet or in plastic containers and return to freezer to chill completely
overnight.
Melt chocolate either in microwave or double boiler. Take each frozen
cake ball by fingers
and place on plastic fork with the middle two tines removed, or use a
solid toothpick to coat all sides
Peanut brittle bars
* 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup butter
Topping
* 2 cups salted peanuts
* 1 cup chocolate chips
* 1 jar caramel ice cream
topping
* 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Instructions
Combine flours, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter until
mixture is crumbly.
Pat into a greased baking pan. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes or until
golden brown.
Sprinkle peanuts and chocolate chips over crust. Combine caramel topping
and flour; drizzle
over top. Bake for 15 minutes more, or until golden brown and bubbly.
Cool on a wire rack. Cut
into squares.
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