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Painted Butter Cookies

Painted Butter Cookies
Painted Butter Cookies requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 44 calories, 1g of protein, and 2g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 72. It works well as a dessert. Head to the store and pick up butter, salt, orange rind, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

1
Beat sugar and butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
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2
Add 1 egg, orange rind, and vanilla; beat well.
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3
Combine 2 1/4 cups flour and salt, stirring well. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture, mixing well. Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
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4
Divide egg yolks among several custard cups.
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Add desired food coloring to each cup, stirring well. Set aside.
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6
Divide dough in half. Work with 1 half at a time, storing remainder in refrigerator.
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Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon flour evenly on work surface. Turn dough out onto floured surface, and roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
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Cut with a 2-inch cookie cutter, and place 2 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.
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9
Brush food-coloring mixtures lightly onto cookies with a small brush.
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Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are lightly browned.
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Remove from cookie sheets, and let cool on wire racks. Repeat procedure with remaining flour, dough, and food-coloring mixture.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In45 m.
Servings72
Health Score0
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