Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Cookie Season

I really want to make some Christmas cookies soon. They always look so good, and this year I will make hundreds. Thousands! Enough to make an entire country fat! Okay, I'll stop. But I have visions of plenty.
I found a pretty cookie recipe on the web, which I will post here. I haven't actually tried this, but I will. And the results will look a lot less fantastic.

Raspberry Linzer Windowpane Cookies
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup egg substitute
1/4 cup seedless raspberry jam
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
Preparation
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, stirring well with a whisk.
Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until light and fluffy. Add egg substitute; beat until well blended. Beating at low speed, gradually add flour mixture; beat just until a soft dough forms. Divide dough into 2 equal portions, and wrap each dough portion in plastic wrap. Chill at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375°.
Roll each dough portion into a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut with a 2-inch square cookie cutter with fluted edges to form 32 cookies. Repeat procedure with remaining dough portion. Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Cut out centers of 32 cookies with a 1-inch square cookie cutter with fluted edges. Bake cookies at 375° for 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Spread center of each whole cookie with about 1/2 teaspoon jam. Sprinkle cut-out cookies with powdered sugar. (A) Place 1 cut-out cookie on top of each whole cookie.
Yield
32 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie)

This is a very good way to make a long post. Please try them. Send me some.
Big Toe Says:C is for cookie, it's good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.

1 comments:

sheila said...

Heya Super Happy Girl!

I was thinking about you yesterday when I hauled out the paper ornaments we made together last year. Too bad we weren't in the same city right now - I'm on a dessert baking frenzy too. Made some cool spicy truffles, too.

Say hi to your mum for me!

cheers / sheila