Christmas Stars

Name: Christmas Stars
Prep time: 4 h 45 min
Cook time: 4 h 45 min
Total time: 4 h 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 177 milliliters butter, softened; 2 egg; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 6 Tbsps strawberry jam; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters white sugar

Christmas Stars is a vegetarian recipe with 24 servings. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 150 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. If you have baking powder, butter, strawberry jam, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add eggs and vanilla.

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Mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir flour mixture into the butter mixture until well blended. Refrigerate dough for three hours.

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Butter

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease several cookie sheets.

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On a floured surface, roll out 1/2 of the dough at a time to 1/8 inch thickness.

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Roll

Cut dough into star shapes using a 3 to 4 inch star cookie cutter. Using a 1 to 2 inch star cookie cutter, cut a star into the center of half of the big stars.

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Dough

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Sprinkle colored sugar on the cookies with the center cut out if desired. Put onto prepared cookie sheets about 1 inch apart, and bake for 6 to 8 minutes.

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Decorating Sugar

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After cookies cool completely, spread 1 teaspoon of preserves in the center of each cookie that does not have a star cut out in the middle.

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