Decadent, melt in your mouth

Too good to be true

My Marzipan Cookies.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Gather the following ingredients and

Cream together:

   2 sticks of  UNSALTED BUTTER,

   2/3 C. Sugar

   Pinch of salt

Beat in:

   1 Egg

Combine and add:

   1 tsp. Vanilla

   2 and 1/2 cups sifted Flour

   1 TB fresh lemon juice

   1 TB grated orange rind.

Mix well until ingredients are well blended. Chill dough for 3-4 hours.

Roll out and cut round cookie shapes, about 3 inches in diameter. Stack 2 cookies, cutting out center hole in the  top cookie.  Fill center with Marzipan paste or home made preserves.

Bake (350) until lightly browned on edges, about 8 to 10 minutes.

I can't resist them, maybe you can.

Happy baking my dear

Blogging Friends.

Gina

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When you see an orange that looks like this...

You know that I am baking my Mother's decadent Christmas butter cookies.

That's the easy part.  Hiding them from myself is the difficult part.

Same recipe (follows), only stack 2 cookies together.

Fill center of cookies with home made preserves, then bake.

 

Recipe

Cream together 1 cup unsalted butter

and 2/3 cup sugar

Beat in 1 egg,

1tsp vanilla, pinch of salt,

1 Tb orange rind,

1 Tb fresh lemon juice

Add 2 and 1/2 cups of sifted flour

Mix until well blended

spoon onto cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned

OR

Cool (not chill) dough for 1 hour

Cut out 2 cookie shapes, same size, cut center hole into one cookie

stack and fill with preserves

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until barely colored at 350 degrees.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Happy baking, my dear Blogging Friends.

Gina

 

 

Sinfully Good

Christmas Cookies that will melt in your Mouth

My Family has been baking these Christmas Cookies for several Generations

Even better when you let them "age" for a month

Recipe
Cream together 1 cup unsalted butter
and 2/3 cup sugar
Beat in 1 egg, 1tsp vanilla, pinch of salt, 1 Tb of orange rind, 1 Tb of fresh lemon juice
Add 2 and 1/2 cups of sifted flour
Mix until well blended
Cool (not chill) dough for 1 hour
Cut out 2 cookie shapes, same size, cut center hole into one cookie
stack cookies and fill with preserves
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees or until barely colored.
Makes about 2 dozen cookies

Gina