Holiday Treats
Get to baking with these yummy recipes
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Looking to get festive with your baking? Try out these two recipes!
Butter Rich Spritz Butter Cookies (Recipe by Sheri Lipp on allrecipes.com)
Makes 36 servings
Prep- 10 min.
Bake- 6-8 min.
Ready in 18 min.
Ingredients:
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Sift together the flour and salt
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Then stir in the egg yolks, almond extract, and vanilla extract.
- Round pieces of the dough in to small balls and flatten them down. Place them 1 ½ inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet
- Decorate with sprinkles or anything you’d like.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes
Peppermint Brittle (Recipe by Honda on allrecipes.com)
Makes 36 servings
Prep- 5 min.
Cook- 5 min.
Ready in 1 hr. 10 min.
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds white chocolate
- 30 small peppermint candy canes
- Line a large jellyroll pan with heavy-duty foil
- Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in microwave for 5 to 6 minutes on medium setting. Stir occasionally until melted and smooth.
- Place candy canes in a bag and smash with a mallet or rolling pin
- Stir the candy canes into the chocolate and spread evenly in pan
- Chill until set, about an hour
- Slam pan on counter to break into pieces
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