Saturday, May 26, 2012

Sand Dollar Cookies w/ Nutritional Info Per Cookie:

 

These are great cookies :)

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
4-1/2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. almond extract
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 egg, beaten
toppings: slivered almonds and cinnamon-sugar


    Heat oven to 325ºF .  In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars.  Beat in extract.  Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.  Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.  Roll dough between waxed paper to 1/8" thickness.  Cut with a 3-1/2" round cookie cutter dipped in flour.  Using a floured spatula, place cookies 1" apart on ungreased baking sheets.  Brush with egg.  Decorate with almonds and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.  Bake 12 - 16 minutes, until edges begin to brown.  Cool 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.  Makes 9 cookies..


Nutritional Info Per Cookie:

240 cal, 16g

 fat (10g sat),

 64mg

 chol, 227mg

 sod, 21g carb,

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