Poinsettia Blossoms

Name: Poinsettia Blossoms
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 36 About yellow candy-coated chocolate candies or other small yellow candies; 85 grams package cream cheese, softened; 1 egg; 473 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 30 drops red food color; 118 milliliters sugar; 36 servings Red sugar, if desired; 1 teaspoon vanilla

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Poinsettia Blossoms a try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 132 calories. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 36. Head to the store and pick up sugar, food color, egg, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, food color, egg and cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

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Cream Cheese

Food Color

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls; roll in red sugar. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.

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Dough

Sugar

Roll

Heat oven to 375F.

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Oven

Place balls about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Make 6 cuts with sharp knife in top of each ball about three-fourths of the way through to make 6 wedges.

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Baking Sheet

Knife

Spread wedges apart very slightly to form flower petals (cookies will separate and flatten as they bake).

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Spread

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Oven

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and edges begin to brown. Immediately press 1 candy in center of each cookie. Carefully remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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Candy

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack