New Zealand Holly Cookies
Recipe Description
Almost too pretty a cookie to eat, but they taste so good! I actually won first prize for these cookies when I was a girlscout at age 13. Although I am unsure of the origin of the recipe, I thought it was too good to keep to myself. If you're creative and are up for a challenge, this is a perfect recipe for you. (requires a clean small paintbrush).15 servings 1 hour preparation.Ingredients
- ==
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar|sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ? cup raspberry jam
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup butter or margarine
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 beaten egg ==
- 2-3 teaspoons milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- red cinnamon candies,
- green food coloring
- Combine flour, granulated sugar|sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, and ¼ tsp salt.
- Cut in margarine (like pie dough).
- Make a well in the center of the dough.
- Combine egg and ¼ cup milk and pour them into the well.
- Stir dough until moist.
- Flour a flat surface and roll dough out to ?" thick.
- Cut into 2" circles.
- Bake at 375 °F for 8-10 minutes.
- Place on a rack to cool.
- Once cooled, place ½ tsp jam on the bottom of one cookie.
- Cover the jam with another cookie, ie cookie- jam- cookie.
- In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk to make a glaze.
- Glaze the top of one side of each double cookie and place 2-3 cinnamon candies into the glaze.
- The candies are to be the holly berries.
- Allow glaze to set.
- Use a small clean paintbrush to paint several holly leaves and a stem on each cookie using green food coloring.
This article uses material from the "New Zealand Holly Cookies" article on the Recipes wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License
