Hey Y’all,
Hope you are soaking in every bit of the Christmas season
that you can. We are on the final
countdown and if you are like me it is coming very fast. A favorite activity for our family is baking
special treats. Well, I bake and Mike samples. It works for us. This year I have made quite a few. Check out our Pinterest board for all of the
recipes. She Degree Pinterest
I like these because they are really pretty easy to make
and they make a nice gift. I sent several
treat bags with my husband to work to share with his friends. The treats were Buckeyes, Sugar Cookies and Pecan
Tassies.
Buckeyes taste really good, but
my chocolate doesn’t swirl as pretty as I would like…. I think I need a little
more practice. Check out this link for great directions. BuckEyes
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| Image via Pinterest |
My sugar cookie recipe is
very easy and they are probably the best sugar cookies I have ever had. Dressed with a confectioner’s sugar glaze and
sugar sprinkles make some very pretty snowflakes, don’t you think?
Sugar Cookies
- 4¾ Cup Flour
- 1½ tsp Baking Powder
- ¾ tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Margarine
- 1½ Cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside.
- Beat margarine and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs. Fold in Vanilla.
- Stir in flour mixture.
- Chill overnight in the refrigerator.
- Roll out dough until it's about ¼ - ½ inch thick
- Cut into your favorite cookie cutter shapes
- Bake at 350 degrees in pre-heated oven for 8-10 minutes.
Glaze/Frosting: Mix with fork 1 cup powdered sugar and 4 tsp milk. You can add more powdered sugar
to make it thicker. Add more milk to make it a glaze. You can use this on anything to give it just a little extra sweetness.
Pecan Tassies
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| The Pecan Tassies are probably my favorite. |
Crust: ½ cup butter
3 oz cream cheese 1 c. flour
Mix
butter and cream cheese until smooth, stir in flour. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Filling: 1
egg ¾ c brown sugar 1T butter melted 1 tsp
vanilla dash of salt ½ c chopped pecans
Stir
together egg, sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until smooth.
Shape chilled flour mixture into 1” balls. Place in mini
muffin cups that have been sprayed with cooking spray. Press dough on the bottom and up the sides of
the muffin cup. Spoon 1 tsp of pecans into each muffin cup. Fill to the top
with egg mixture. Bake @ 325 degrees for
25 minutes or until mixture is set. Cool on cookie sheets and remove from
pan.
Pampered Chef makes a great wooden press that is perfect
for spreading the crust into the muffin pans.
Pampered Chef.
My tip for the day ~ prepare your cookie dough the day before you want to
bake. The chilled dough bakes better and
the kitchen is not quite as messy. I hope you will want to try these out for yourself. Who knows, they may become your new holiday cookie ~
xoxo,
Amy
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