Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies

Chocolate Mint Christmas Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Butter, unsalted u p1 cSugar, granulated
1 lg. Egg, beaten 1/2 tsp Vanilla ex tract
1/2 tsp Mint extract 1/2 tsp Mint ex tract
1/2 cup Flour, unbleached 1/4 tsp S alt
1/2 tsp Baking powder, -double-acting 2 oz Chocolate, unsweetened
Non-paralleils, -multi-colored 2 tsp Wa ter
Beat butter until soft; gradually add sugar and blend until creamy. Mix in beaten egg and extracts.
DON'T USE A FOOD PROCESSOR!!!
Stir salt and baking powder into flour; stir into butter/sugar mixture. Melt chocolate in water over a
double-boiler; add to dough. Form into a long roll approximately -2 3 inches wide. Wrap dough with
plastic wrap and chill overnight.
Slice dough 1/4 inch thick and place on greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with no-pnaralleils and press
in slightly with back of spoon. Bake in 400 degree oven for 8- 10 minutes. Cool cookies on rack.
Caramel Candy Pie
Single pie crust of you rChoice
FILLING:
1 Envelope unflavored gelatin 1/4 cup Cold wa ter
1 cup Milk 14 oz Package caram els
1 1/2 cups Whipped cream
TOPPING:
2 tbs Sugar 1/4 cup Slivered alm onds
Preheat oven to 450F.
Make pie crust of your choice for a unfilled one crust pie using a- i9nch pie pan. Bake at 450F for 9-
11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely. In a small bowl, soften gelatin in water; set
aside. In a medium heavy saucepanc, ombine milk and caramels, cook over low heat until caramels
are melted and mixture is smooth, stirring frequently .
Add softened gelatin; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Refrigerate about 1 hour our until mixture is
slightly thickened but not set; srtriing occasionally. Fold caramel mixture into whipped cream.
Pour into cooled baked crust; spread evenly. Refrigerate 2 hou rosr until firm.
In a small skillet, combine sugar and almonds; cook over low heat until sugar is melted and almonds
are golden brown, stirring constantly. Immediately spread on foil or greased cookie sheet. Cool;
break apart. Just before serving, garnsih pie with caramelized almonds.
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