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Vanilla Wreaths
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A Baker's Dozen of Christmas Cookies -- Day 8
A cookie press was one of the first kitchen tools I learned to use. My granny taught me to use it, as it required as little effort as it did supervision. Yet the press gave me such a feeling of accomplishment, as the figures that emerged from the tube were almost always perfect. I still enjoy making pressed cookies during the holidays, alternating attachments between stars, trees and wreaths, as well as adding sanding sugars or other decorations, then handing the cookies out as gifts.
-- Jamila Robinson
Hands on time: 10 minutes Total time: 40 minutes Serves: Makes 3 dozen 1-inch wreaths
Ingredients:
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1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 vanilla bean, halved, seeds scraped
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter or margarine
1 large egg yolk
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, salt and cinnamon.
Using an electric mixer, beat vanilla seeds and sugar on medium. Add butter and beat until pale and fluffy. Add egg yolk. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture and beat just until smooth.
Divide dough into 2 portions. Pack 1 portion into cookie press fitted with wreath disk, and press shapes about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Cover remaining portion of batter in an inverted bowl, or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Bake until edges are just golden, 9 to 12 minutes.
Using an electric mixer, beat vanilla seeds and sugar on medium. Add butter and beat until pale and fluffy. Add egg yolk. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture and beat just until smooth.
Divide dough into 2 portions. Pack 1 portion into cookie press fitted with wreath disk, and press shapes about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Cover remaining portion of batter in an inverted bowl, or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Bake until edges are just golden, 9 to 12 minutes.
Nutrition:
Per cookie: 73 calories (percentage of calories from fat 8%), 5 g fat, 19 mg cholesterol, 33 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, 1g protein, 0 g fiber
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