Zebra Icebox Cookies
- Ready In:
- 39mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
36
ingredients
- 1 unsweetened chocolate square (1 ounce)
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over barely simmering water; set aside to cool slightly.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar together.
- Mix in the egg and vanilla. On low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and combine well.
- Place one half of the dough on a sheet of waxed paper.
- Stir the cooled melted chocolate into the remaining half of the dough.
- Put the chocolate dough onto the waxed paper alongside the vanilla dough and press the two together to form a ball.
- Knead just long enough to achieve a marbleized effect.
- Shape the dough into a 1 by 12-inch log.
- Wrap tightly in waxed paper or plastic wrap and twist the ends closed.
- Chill for 2 to 3 hours or until firm.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F
- Lightly grease the baking sheets.
- Cut the chilled dough into 1/4-inch-thick slices and place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for about 8 to 9 minutes, or until the cookies are set but not browned.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vino Girl
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My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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