Changes: Jelly Christmas Eyes

Revision as of 17:40, 4 March 2011

Description

Preparation time: 20 minutes | chilling time: 30 minutes | baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch.

Ingredients

½ cup margarine
⅓ cup sugar
1 egg
juice of 1 lemon
¼ tsp grated lemon rind
1⅓ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup ground almonds or walnuts
raspberry or strawberry jelly
sugar (Note: Confectioner's sugar can be used to coat the cookies in place of granulated)

Directions

Cream margarine and sugar in mixing bowl.
Add egg, lemon juice and lemon rind.
Mix until smooth.
Add flour and nuts.
Wrap in plastic wrap and flatten.
Refrigerate dough 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 350°F.
Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to ⅛-inch thickness.
Use a round 2-inch cookie cutter to cut out circles from dough.
Cut out an inner circle with a smaller round cookie cutter from half of the circles to make a "cookie ring".
Bake circles and rings until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
Transfer to wire rack to cool.
Spread a small amount of jelly on each whole circle.
Press a cookie ring on top of it.
Shake the cookies one at a time in a bowl of sugar to coat well.
Store in a covered dish.

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+== Description ==
-*Preparation time: 20 minutes chilling time: 30 minutes baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch.
+* Preparation time: 20 minutes | chilling time: 30 minutes | baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch.
-==Ingredients==
+== Ingredients ==
-*  1/2  cup  [[margarine]]
-*1/3 cup [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]]
+* ½ cup [[margarine]]
+* ⅓ cup [[granulated sugar|sugar]]
-*1 	[[egg]]
-*Juice of 1 [[lemon]]
+* 1 [[egg]]
-*1/4 tsp Grated [[lemon]] rind
+* juice of 1 [[lemon]]
+* ¼ tsp grated [[lemon rind]]
-*1 1/3 cup [[flour|all-purpose flour]]
+* 1⅓ cup [[all-purpose flour]]
-*1/2 cup [[almond meal|ground almonds]] or [[walnuts]]
+* ½ cup ground [[almonds]] or [[walnuts]]
-*[[raspberry]] or strawbery jelly
+* [[jelly|raspberry]] or [[jelly|strawberry jelly]]
-*[[Granulated sugar|Sugar]]
+* [[granulated sugar|sugar]] (Note: Confectioner's sugar can be used to coat the cookies in place of granulated)
-==Directions==
+== Directions ==
+# Cream [[margarine]] and [[granulated sugar|sugar]] in mixing bowl.
+# Add [[egg]], [[lemon juice]] and [[lemon]] rind.
+# Mix until smooth.
-#Cream [[margarine]] and [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]] in mixing bowl.
-#Add [[egg]], [[lemon juice]] and [[lemon]] rind.
+# Add [[flour]] and [[nuts]].
+# Wrap in plastic wrap and flatten.
-#Mix until smooth.
+# Refrigerate dough 30 minutes.
-#Add [[flour]] and [[nuts]].
+# Heat oven to 350°F.
-#Wrap in plastic wrap and flatten.
+# Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to ⅛-inch thickness.
-#Refrigerate dough 30 minutes.
+# Use a round 2-inch cookie cutter to cut out circles from dough.
-#Heat oven to 350 degrees.
+# Cut out an inner circle with a smaller round cookie cutter from half of the circles to make a "cookie ring".
-#Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.
+# Bake circles and rings until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
-#Use a round 2-inch cookie cutter to cut out circles from dough.
+# Transfer to wire rack to cool.
-#Cut out an inner circle with a smaller round cookie cutter from half of the circles to make a "cookie ring."
+# Spread a small amount of jelly on each whole circle.
-#Bake circles and rings until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
+# Press a cookie ring on top of it.
-#Transfer to wire rack to cool.
+# Shake the cookies one at a time in a bowl of [[granulated sugar|sugar]] to coat well.
-#Spread a small amount of jelly on each whole circle.
+# Store in a covered dish.
-#Press a cookie ring on top of it.
-#Shake the cookies one at a time in a bowl of [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]] to coat well.
-#Store in a covered dish.
-#Note: confectioners [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]] can be used to coat the cookies in place of granulated.
-==See also==
-[[Category:Christmas Cookies]]
-[[Category:Raspberry Recipes]]
 [[Category:Almond meal Recipes]]
+[[Category:Christmas cookie Recipes]]
+[[Category:Filled cookie Recipes]]
+[[Category:Jelly Recipes]]
 [[Category:Walnut Recipes]]
+[[Category:Lemon juice Recipes]]
+[[Category:Lemon peel Recipes]]
+[[Category:Egg Recipes]]
+[[Category:Wheat flour Recipes]]
-[[Category:Holiday Cookies]]