Wednesday, October 28, 2009

CANDY CORN COOKIES


INGREDIENTS:
1 cup margarine, softened,
1 cup sugar,
1 egg,
3 cups flour,
1/2 teaspoon baking powder,
1/8 teaspoon salt,
1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
1 teaspoon lemon extract,
1 tablespoon lemon zest,
1 tablespoon lemon juice,
extra sugar for coating;
DIRECTIONS:
Mix margarine, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and baking powder, until well combined. Add flour and mix until a ball is formed. Cut dough into three equal parts.

Add yellow food coloring to one part, and yellow + red (result orange) to the second part;


Layer the dough (orange in the middle) and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or freeze for 1/2 hour.


Slice ....

and cut into small triangles. Bake at 375 F for 8 to 10 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet. Remove cookies immediately and toss in sugar.
ENJOY!

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6 comments:

  1. Nina! These are adorable! Will I feel less guilty if I eat tons of these as opposed to the real candy corn? There's nothing actually "real" about real candy corn, but you know what I mean.
    Nice blog!

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  2. Vai cat de bine pot sa arate prajiturile tale !

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  3. I don't like candy corn but I LOVE these cookies!

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  4. Nina,
    What a colorful blog!!!
    Love the recipes.
    I was just passing through by another blog; the person was very impressed by your blog and left a comment, so I visited and I'm glad I did it!!!

    IDania

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  5. Sin palabras me he quedado, ha sido todo una sorpresa descubrir tu blog, felicidades es magnífico.

    Besos

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  6. I just found your blog today and love all these great and fun recipes!

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