Servings:
Makes 3 dozen cookies
Cooking Time:
70 minutes / 5-8 minutes per batch
Ingredients:
½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp grated lemon peel
2 cups all purpose flour
5 cups confectioners sugar
½ cup milk
1 jar each of red, yellow, and green paste food coloring
1 lb. bag of licorice whips
Special Aid: Template - Click Here
Instructions:
1 - In a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2 - Beat in egg, vanilla, and lemon peel. On low speed, gradually beat in the flour until blended. Shape dough into a disk and then wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for one hour.
3 - Preheat oven to 350° and lightly grease two baking sheets.
4 - On a floured surface, using a floured rolling pin, roll dough out to ⅛ inch thickness. Using the template, cut out the cookies.
5 - Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on the prepared baking sheets. Make a hole in the bottom of each cookie (in the end of the light bulb) with the straw.
6 - Bake cookies in batches, until golden, about 5-8 minutes a batch. Transfer cookies to wire racks and cool completely.
7 - For the Icing: beat together confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Divide mixture evenly among the three small bowls, reserving about 1 cup of the mixture for the white icing.
8 - Add food coloring to each bowl to make desired colors (remember: green and yellow make blue!).
9 - Spread the different colored icings on the cookies on the bulb, let stand until set.
10 - Using a pastry bag and a small, round tip, pipe the white icing "threads" on the bottom of each bulb. Let stand until set.
11 - Thread the licorice "wire" through the hole made with the straw and string together!
Christmas Light Cookies are a great gift idea. These decadent treats add fun to any gift basket! A dinner host would surely love the personal touches and not soon forget you gave them a thoughtful thank you gift basket!
Special Aid: plastic straw
Makes 3 dozen cookies
Cooking Time:
70 minutes / 5-8 minutes per batch
Ingredients:
½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp grated lemon peel
2 cups all purpose flour
5 cups confectioners sugar
½ cup milk
1 jar each of red, yellow, and green paste food coloring
1 lb. bag of licorice whips
Special Aid: Template - Click Here
Instructions:
1 - In a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2 - Beat in egg, vanilla, and lemon peel. On low speed, gradually beat in the flour until blended. Shape dough into a disk and then wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for one hour.
3 - Preheat oven to 350° and lightly grease two baking sheets.
4 - On a floured surface, using a floured rolling pin, roll dough out to ⅛ inch thickness. Using the template, cut out the cookies.
5 - Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on the prepared baking sheets. Make a hole in the bottom of each cookie (in the end of the light bulb) with the straw.
6 - Bake cookies in batches, until golden, about 5-8 minutes a batch. Transfer cookies to wire racks and cool completely.
7 - For the Icing: beat together confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Divide mixture evenly among the three small bowls, reserving about 1 cup of the mixture for the white icing.
8 - Add food coloring to each bowl to make desired colors (remember: green and yellow make blue!).
9 - Spread the different colored icings on the cookies on the bulb, let stand until set.
10 - Using a pastry bag and a small, round tip, pipe the white icing "threads" on the bottom of each bulb. Let stand until set.
11 - Thread the licorice "wire" through the hole made with the straw and string together!
Christmas Light Cookies are a great gift idea. These decadent treats add fun to any gift basket! A dinner host would surely love the personal touches and not soon forget you gave them a thoughtful thank you gift basket!
Special Aid: plastic straw
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