| 2 12 cup Flour | | 1 cup Sugar | | 1 cup Butter or margarine, | | Softened | | 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder | | 1/4 tsp Salt | | 1/2 tsp Almond extract | | 1 x Egg | | 1/4 cup Green sugar crystals, about | | 1/4 cup Confetti or nonpareil candy | | Decorations, optional |
| | Preparation Time: 20 minutes | | Chilling Time: 4 hours | | Baking Time: 10 minutes | | 1. Put flour , sugar, butter , baking powder , salt , almond extract and egg into large bowl of an electric mixer. Mix together, using low speed. Dough will be crumbly. Then knead dough with hands until mixture holds together. | | 2. Remove 1/3 cup of the dough; wrap and refrigerate. Divide remaining dough in thirds. Using hands, roll each into a 6-inch log. | | 3. Put sugar crystals on a sheet of wax paper. Roll each log in the sugar crystals to coat well; use the wax paper as a guide to press in crystals. Shape each log into a triangle, pressing gently on wax paper to give three sharp corners. Make sure to make 2 sides longer than the third side. Wrap each log well and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until dough is firm enough to slice. To this point, cookies can be made up to a week in advance. | | 4. Heat oven to 350 degrees. To bake , slice logs crosswise into 1/4-inch slices. Put slices about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. For each cookie, shape about 1/2 teaspoon of the reserved 1/3 cup dough into a tree trunk. Attach to bottom underside of each tree. | | Sprinkle each cookie lightly with candy decorations, if desired. Bake until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Carefully remove to wire racks . Cool completely. | | Note: The logs can be divided and shaped into 3 sizes and sliced to form a 3-tiered tree. These second-place winning cookies are easily shaped into trees that are edged with glittery green sugar. | | Of her simple cookies, Pat Egan of Dolton, Illinois writes, | | They're not a fancy or gourmet cookie |
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