Hand Cookies

Name: Hand Cookies
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons baking powder; 2 sticks butter; 8 servings Edible decorations, for decorating; 4 whole egg yolks; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 2 drops food coloring per egg yolk, various colors; 355 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 Tbsps heavy cream; 1 teaspoon grated orange or lemon zest; 3 teaspoons milk; 946 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 315 milliliters shortening; 1 Dash vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 whole eggs

Hand Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 1172 calories, 10g of protein, and 63g of fat per serving. Not If you have flour, salt, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 55 minutes.

Instructions

For the cookies: Cream the granulated sugar, shortening, vanilla and orange zest thoroughly.

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Orange Zest

Shortening

Vanilla

Cream

Add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy.

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Egg

Add the milk and mix.

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Milk

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt, and then blend into the sugar mixture.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Divide the dough in half, slightly flatten between two sheets of waxed paper and refrigerate, about 1 hour (or freeze for 20 minutes).

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Dough

For the egg yolk glaze: While dough is chilling, separate the eggs, reserving the whites and placing each yolk into an individual small bowl.

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Egg Yolk

Dough

Glaze

Egg

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Bowl

Add 4 teaspoons water and different food coloring to each yolk and combine to make the egg yolk glaze.

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Food Color

Egg Yolk

Glaze

Water

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface. Carefully cut around hands using a dull knife.

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Dough

Roll

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Knife

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Transfer the hand cookies to a lightly greased cookie sheet and paint the cookies (with a soft brush) with the egg yolk glazes.

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Egg Yolk

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Baking Sheet

Bake the cookies, about 6 minutes. Do not allow the cookies to brown.

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Oven

Transfer the cookies from the oven to a wire rack to cool.

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While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting: Simply combine the powdered sugar, butter, heavy cream and vanilla in a food mixer until light and fluffy. If you like you can put the frosting in disposable piping bags to make decorating easier. Decorate the cookies with the frosting and any edible decorations, jewels, disco dust, sanding sugar you like.

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Powdered Sugar