Cookie fondue recipe
(Ladies' Home Journal) Updated: 2006-11-28 17:06 Ingredients 6 cups
all-purpose flour 2 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons salt 3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature,
plus additional for cookie sheets 1-1/2 cups sugar 3 large egg plus 2
large egg yolks, at room temperature 1/2 cup sour cream 2 tablespoons
vanilla extract 25 drops green food coloring 25 drops red food coloring
1 jar (13 oz.) chocolate-hazelnut spread, such as Nutella 1/3 cup
toasted hazelnuts with skins (1-1/2 oz.), chopped
Directions 1. Whisk together 3 cups flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder,
and 1 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Beat together 1-1/2 sticks butter and 3/4
cup sugar in a large bowl on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2
minutes. Add 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, 1/4 cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon vanilla and the
green food coloring; beat until combined well. Reduce speed to low and gradually
add flour mixture, beating just until combined.
2. Transfer to a lightly
floured surface and knead until dough just holds together. Flatten into a disk,
wrap well in plastic wrap and chill until firm, about 2 hours. Repeat, making a
second batch of dough using the red food coloring.
3. Preheat oven to
350 degree F. Lightly grease 4 large cookie sheets with butter. 4.
Unwrap 1 disk and cut in half (rewrap remaining half and keep chilled until
ready to use). Roll dough on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling
pin until 1/8 inch thick. Using two maple (3 inches and 2-2/3 inches in height)
and two oak (3-3/4 inches and 3-1/4 inches in height) leaf cookie cutters, cut
out cookies. Press together scraps of dough and flatten into a disk; wrap in
plastic wrap and chill until firm, about 20 minutes. Beat together remaining egg
and 1 teaspoon water; brush over cookies. Transfer to prepared cookie sheets,
placing 1 inch apart.
5. Bake cookies, 2 sheets at a time, in upper and
lower thirds of oven, switching positions halfway through, until pale golden, 10
to 12 minutes. Transfer cookies on sheets to racks and cool until firm, about 2
minutes. Using a metal spatula, transfer cookies to racks and cool completely.
6. Repeat with remaining dough disk and dough.
7. Make fondue:
Microwave chocolate-hazelnut spread in a microwave-safe bowl on medium high 1 to
2 minutes or until softened, stirring halfway through. Transfer to a serving
bowl and place on a large platter. Arrange leaves in a wreath shape around bowl
of fondue and garnish with hazelnuts. Makes about 10 dozen leaves.
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