Star Cookie Pops
The recipe Star Cookie Pops could satisfy your Southern craving in around 1 hour and 30 minutes. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 12 servings with 620 calories, 10g of protein, and 35g of fat each. Not If you have baking powder, vanilla, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.
Instructions
Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, shortening, butter, lemon peel and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
On lightly floured surface, roll half of dough at a time to 1/4-inch thickness.
Cut with 6- to 8-inch star-shaped cookie cutter (or make your own 6- to 8-inch cardboard star pattern, place on dough and cut around pattern with small sharp knife). On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 2 inches apart. Carefully insert 1 inch of craft stick into side of each cookie.
Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until light brown. Cool 2 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
In small bowl, mix powdered sugar, vanilla and hot water until smooth and thin enough to drizzle.
Spread glaze over cookies. Decorate as desired with icing, sprinkles and colored sugar.
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.
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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.