First Day of My Cookie/Candy Marathon (Chilled Doughs)
- Ready In:
- 4hrs
- Ingredients:
- 34
- Serves:
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15
ingredients
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Chocolate Snowflake Cookies
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup oil
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- powdered sugar
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Cream Cheese Frills
- 1 cup softened butter or 1 cup margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 (8 ounce) package softened cream cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) jar apricot preserves
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Cresents
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
- 1⁄4 cup powdered sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cold water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups finely chopped pecans
- powdered sugar
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Pecan Tassies
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 (3 ounce) packages softened cream cheese
- 1⁄2 cup butter, plus
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups light brown sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped pecans
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 dash salt
directions
- Chocolate Snowflake Cookies: Combine sugar, oil and melted chocolate and beat until blended. Add eggs and vanilla.
- Combine together: flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate a minimum of 2 hours.
- To bake, shape into 1-inch balls and roll in powdered sugar. Place the balls 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
- Cream Cheese Frills: Combine butter and vanilla. Add flour, salt and oats and mix well. Add cream cheese and mix until smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill a minimum of 2 hours.
- To bake, roll dough out on a lightly floured board to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 3-inch circles using a cookie or biscuit cutter. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon apricot preserves into the center of each circle. Using your finger, slightly moisten the edge of the circle. Fold over and press edges to seal. Bake at 425 on an ungreased baking sheet for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Crescents: Cream butter. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating well. Gradually add flour mixing well. Add water and vanilla. Stir in chopped pecans. Chill dough a minimum of 2 hours.
- To bake: Break of dough by heaping teaspoonfuls and shape into 2-inch crescent shapes. Place cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 for 17 to 18 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar after cooling.
- Pecan Tassies: Combine flour, cream cheese and 1/2 plus 6 T butter, cutting cream cheese and butter into flour. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill a minimum of two hours.
- To bake, break off pieces of dough and press into miniature tart pans.
- Filling: Combine light brown sugar, chopped pecans, eggs, 2 T butter, vanilla and salt, mixing well. Fill tart shells 3/4 full. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
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This sounds so much like my cookie marathon with different recipes though I will be trying some of yours. I bake for 3 to 4 days from 8 in the morning to sometimes 2 the next morning. Get a few hours sleep then back at it. I make up about 12 boxes of assorted sizes. I give to our police department, the main fire station (delivered on Christmas day) neighbors, friends, relatives, 2 of our favorite restaraunts, 2 of my doctors offices etc. I bake about 14 kinds of cookies, 8 to 10 dozen of each kind. The cookie monsters in my family manage to get their fair share before I give them out. This is my time to shine as it is yours. P.S During baking nobody dares to walk into the kitchen without my permission :-))))))).
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I just love to cook, that's about it. I like trying new recipes for the same thing until I find the ultimate, absolutely best recipe there is for it. Fortunately, I have lots of friends and co-workers who are more than happy to sample for me.