Gold-Medal Winner Cookies

Name: Gold-Medal Winner Cookies
Prep time: 4 h 14 min
Cook time: 4 h 14 min
Total time: 4 h 14 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for dusting; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 59 milliliters yellow sanding sugar; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 3 larges eggs, 2 lightly beaten and 1 whole; 18 servings Yellow food coloring, for egg wash

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Gold-Medal Winner Cookies a try. This vegetarian recipe serves 18. One serving contains 232 calories, 3g of protein, and 11g of fat. Head to the store and pick up eggs, sanding sugar, salt, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 4 hours and 14 minutes.

Instructions

Special equipment: 24 yards of red-white-and-blue ribbon cut into 1-yard lengths A 3- to 3 1/4-inch round cookie cutter A small glass or bowl (about 2 1/2-inches wide) A wide drinking straw or paring knife to cut a hole in the dough for the ribbon

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Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium for 3 minutes. Beat in the 2 beaten eggs and vanilla.

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Vanilla

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Cream

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Sugar

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Hand Mixer

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Beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture 1 cup at a time. Divide the dough into 2 pieces and flatten them into neat rectangles about 3/4-inch thick. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least 3 hours.

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Wrap

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Set an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment. Working with 1 piece of dough at a time, remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it soften for about 10 minutes.

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Roll it out on a lightly-floured piece of parchment to 3/16-inch thick.

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Roll

Cut out rounds with a 3- to 3 1/4-inch cookie cutter and arrange them on the prepared cookie sheets at least 1 1/2 inches apart. Repeat with the second piece of dough, rerolling and cutting the scraps as necessary.

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To make ring imprints on the cookies, press the rim of a small glass or bowl (about 2 1/2-inches wide) halfway into each dough round. Freeze the cookies on the cookie sheets for 20 minutes. (This will help the cookies hold their imprints.)

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Combine the remaining egg with 6 drops of yellow food coloring and 1 teaspoon water.

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Yellow Food Color

Water

Egg

Whisk together with a fork to make an egg wash.

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Egg

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Whisk

At the top of each cookie, use a wide straw or the tip of a sharp paring knife to cut a circle or rectangle wide enough to thread a ribbon through. Working with 2 to 3 cookies at a time, lightly brush the rounds with egg wash (avoid the imprint) and sprinkle with the sanding sugar. Lightly tap each cookie on the counter to shake off excess (the frozen dough will be sturdy enough to withstand this).

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Sanding Sugar

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Shake

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Bake the cookies until set and the edges are beginning to brown, 14 to 18 minutes, rotating the cookie sheets once.

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Transfer the sheets to a baking rack and cool the cookies completely on the sheets. (If the holes for the ribbon have closed up a bit, just cut away some of the dough with a paring knife while the cookies are still warm).

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Thread a yard of ribbon through each cookie and tie the ends.

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Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 710milliliters

all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for dusting 237milliliters

granulated sugar 1teaspoon

salt 59milliliters

yellow sanding sugar 237milliliters

(2 sticks) unsalted butter 1teaspoon

vanilla 3larges

eggs, 2 lightly beaten and 1 whole 18servings

Yellow food coloring, for egg wash

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Southern. 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. One wine you could try is Fess Parker Santa Barbara Riesling. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 9 dollars.

Fess Parker Santa Barbara Riesling

Floral notes and orange blossoms, commingle with scents of citrus, peach, honeysuckle and light apricot on the nose. On the palate you will find flavors of peach, apricot and citrus. These flavors combine to produce an off-dry, yet well-balanced Riesling.