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Get ready for Hanukkah with these tasty and simple cookies.
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Ingredients:
- ½ cup softened butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup crushed hard candy
Preparation:
Tip: Short on time? Use premade dough and skip down to step 3.
- Using a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to the butter, and cream the mixture. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly-floured surface, roll out batter about ¼ inch thick.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Cut a small circle in the middle of each shape with a butter knife or smaller cookie cutter.
- Place shapes on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove the baking sheet, and carefully spoon ½ teaspoon of crushed hard candy into the center of each cookie.
- Bake for 4-5 more minutes, or until the candy has melted completely.
- Cool, first for 15 minutes on baking sheet, then move to cooling rack.
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November 3, 2017