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Title: Molding Dough Cookies
Categories: Holiday Cookie
Yield: 21 Md cookies
| 3 | oz | Cream cheese; softened |
| 1/2 | c | Butter; softened |
| 1/2 | c | Brown sugar; packed |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 1 | ts | Flavoring; such as vanilla, |
| . lemon or almond | ||
| 1 2/3 | c | Flour; all-purpose |
| Candies for decorating | ||
| DECORATING GLAZE | ||
| 3 | c | Confectioners' sugar |
| 1 | ts | Vanilla or almond extract |
| 4 | tb | Milk |
| Food coloring for pastel | ||
| . colors | ||
| Color paste for brighter | ||
| . colors | ||
Mix cream cheese, butter, sugar, salt and flavoring. Add flour, mix well and knead 1 to 2 minutes. Chill dough for 1 to 2 hours or until firm.
Preheat the oven to 350øF. On a lightly floured surface, roll out half the dough to 1/4-inch thickness for large cookies. Smaller cookies may be rolled to 1/8-inch thickness. Refrigerate remaining dough until ready to use.
Cut shapes and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 15 minutes, depending on size of cookies. When cookies are cool, pipe glaze around edge of cookies using a decorator icing bag (or a zip-top bag with a small hole snipped in the corner). Fill in the center with additional piping. (Lines will run together to form an even coating.)
Add details with non pereils, colored sugar, sprinkles and other candy.
For a festive flourish, you may "paint" on edible gold dusting powder (available at Cake Carousel or other cake-decorating shops) when glaze or frosting is dry. Mix powder with enough gin or lemon extract to achieve painting consistency. (Use gin if you want no flavor added.)
Makes about 21 medium-sized cookies.
** Decorating Glaze **
Beat 3 cups confectioners' sugar with 1 tsp vanilla or almond extract and 4 to 5 Tbsp of milk. Mixture should be runny, not stiff. Add food coloring for pastel colors, or concentrated color paste for brighter colors.
Nutritional Information: per cookie: 108 calories, 6g fat, 110mg sodium, 17mg cholesterol, 50% of calories from fat. First Place Winner, Decorated From the Dallas Morning News Holiday Cookie Contest Baked by: Rachel C. Scott, Carrollton ** The Dallas Morning News -- Food section -- 11 Dec 96 **
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