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Mallory's Award Winning Glaaxy Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 Tab. vanilla
Food coloring, if desired
1 1/2 cups flour
1/8 tsp. salt

Icing
**Mix 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 2 1/2 Tab. light cream or 1 1/2 Tab milk and 1 tsp. vanilla until smooth. If desired, stir in a few drops food color.
**For a chocolate icing, increase light cream to 3 Tab. or milk to 2 Tab. and stir in 1 ounce of melted, unsweetened chocolate (cool).

Dates, nuts, semi-sweet chocolate bits,
candied cherries

Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 350º

Mix thoroughly butter, sugar, vanilla and a few drops food color. Work in flour and salt until dough holds together. ( If dough is dry, mix in 1 to 2 tablespoons light cream.)

Mold dough by tablespoonfuls around date, nut, sherry or chocolate pieces. Place cookies about 1 inch apart on an un-greased baking sheet.

Bake 12 - 15 minutes or until set but not brown.

Cool; dip tops of cookies in Icing.
If desired, decorate with coconut, nuts colored sugar, candies, chocolate pieces or chocolate shot.


Variations -
Brown Sugar Galaxy Cookies: Substitute 1/2 cup packed brown sugar for the confectioners' sugar and omit food color.

Chocolate Galaxy Cookies: Omit food color and stir 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) into butter mixture.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
20-25 Cookies
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mallory baked these and entered them into the Baking Competition at the Topsfield Fair and took a home a ribbon!

 

 

 

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