Cashew Stars

Name: Cashew Stars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons almond extract; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 227 grams cup butter, at room temperature; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters powdered sugar; 237 milliliters minced roasted, salted cashews; 0 teaspoons salt

The recipe Cashew Stars could satisfy your Southern craving in approximately 45 minutes. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 99 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 30. It works well as a very reasonably priced hor d'oeuvre. Head to the store and pick up roasted, salt, flour, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and almond extract until smooth. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt; stir or beat into butter mixture until well blended. Stir in cashews (if mixture is crumbly, squeeze into a smooth, compact ball).

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Almond Extract

Powdered Sugar

Baking Powder

Cashews

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Divide dough in half; flatten each portion into a 1-inch-thick disk. Wrap each disk airtight and freeze until firm, about 20 minutes. On a lightly floured board, with a floured rolling pin, roll dough, a portion at a time, to 3/16 inch thick.

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Dough

Roll

Wrap

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Rolling Pin

With a floured 3-inch star-shaped cutter, cut out cookies (if dough becomes too soft to handle, freeze briefly until firm again). With a wide spatula or your fingers, transfer cookies to buttered or cooking parchment-lined 12- by 15-inch baking sheets, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Gather scraps, pat into a ball, and repeat rolling and cutting.

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Cut Out Cookies

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Spatula

Bake cookies in a 300 oven until golden, 15 to 18 minutes; if baking more than one pan at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking.

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Oven

Frying Pan

With a wide spatula, transfer cookies to racks to cool. If hot cookies start to break, slide a thin spatula under them to release, let stand on sheets to firm up, about 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely. Dust cookies with remaining 2 tablespoons powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

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Spatula

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Servings:

0teaspoons

almond extract 1teaspoons

baking powder 227grams

cup butter, at room temperature 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 118milliliters

powdered sugar 237milliliters

minced roasted, salted cashews 0teaspoons

salt

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Forge Cellars Classique Riesling with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 21 dollars per bottle.