Friday, October 8, 2010

Sugar Cookies Recipe - Your Ultimate 4 Cookie Recipes

Do you want to learn how to prepare delicious sugar cookies? Almond filled crescents, drizzle with glaze, anise biscotti and applesauce granola cookies are some great and easy recipes for delicious cookies.

Below are the recipes for you to try:

1. Almond Filled Crescents

Ingredient - Preparation Method

- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup whipping (heavy) cream
- 2 eggs
- 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (7 ounce) package almond paste (7 or 8 ounces)
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine - softened
- Easy Glaze - (recipe follows)

Easy Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 6 teaspoons milk (6 to 7 teaspoons)

Directions:

- Mix powdered sugar, whipping cream and eggs in large bowl with spoon.
- Stir in flour, baking powder and salt (dough will be stiff).
- Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.

- Heat oven to 375º. Break almond paste into small pieces in medium bowl; add butter.
- Beat with electric mixer on low speed until blended.
- Beat on high speed until fluffy (tiny bits of almond paste will remain).

- Roll one fourth of dough at a time into 10-inch circle on lightly floured surface.
- Spread one fourth of almond paste mixture (about 1/2 cup) over circle.
- Cut into 12 wedges.
- Roll up wedges, beginning at rounded edge.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet with points underneath.
- Repeat with remaining dough and almond paste mixture.
- Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
- Cool completely.

2. Drizzle with Glaze

Easy Glaze:

Mix ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle.

Animal Cookies

Ingredients:

Ingredient - Preparation Method

- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine - softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

- Heat oven to 350º. Beat sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- Stir in remaining ingredients. (If dough is too soft to shape, cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until
firm.)
- Shape dough by 2 tablespoonfuls into slightly flattened balls and ropes.
- Arrange on ungreased cookie sheet to form animals as desired.
- Use small pieces of dough for facial features if desired.
- Bake about 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

3. Anise Biscotti

Ingredient - Preparation Method

- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine - softened
- 2 teaspoons anise seed - ground
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

- Heat oven to 350º. Beat sugar, butter, anise seed, lemon peel and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Divide dough in half.
- Shape each half into rectangle, 10 × 3 inches, on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool on cookie sheet 15 minutes.
- Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices.
- Turn slices cut sides down on cookie sheet.

Bake about 15 minutes or until crisp and light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

4. Applesauce-Granola Cookies

Ingredient - Preparation Method

- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granola
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

- Heat oven to 375º. Beat brown sugar, shortening, vanilla and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
- Stir in applesauce.
- Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center.
- Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.




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