Poinsettia Cookies

Name: Poinsettia Cookies
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 177 milliliters butter, softened; 227 grams cream cheese, softened; 1 egg, separated; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 30 green M &M candies; 237 milliliters red sugar

One serving contains 130 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe serves 30. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only Head to the store and pick up baking powder, flour, cream cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 38 minutes.

Instructions

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Special equipment: Parchment paper 30 wooden Popsicle sticks

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Baking Paper

Popsicle Sticks

With a paddle attachment beat butter, cream cheese and egg yolk until smooth, reserving the white for later. Stir in flour and baking powder.

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Baking Powder

Cream Cheese

Egg Yolk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Mix until stiff dough forms. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Lightly beat egg white and set aside.

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Egg Whites

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

On lightly floured surface, roll dough, 1/2 at a time, into a 15 by 9-inch rectangle. With sharp knife, cut dough into 3-inch squares.

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Dough

Roll

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Knife

Place 3 inches apart on ungreased, parchment-lined cookie sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Brush with egg white. Lightly press about 1 1/2 inches of wooden stick into bottom center of each dough square. With sharp knife, cut the dough diagonally from each corner to within 1/2-inch of center of each square.

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Egg Whites

Dough

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Knife

Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon red sugar over each square. Fold alternate corners of the square to the center to form pinwheel, overlapping the dough at the center pushing down gently to seal in center. Press one M & M in center of each pinwheel.

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Dough

Sugar