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Galaxy Cookies Recipe

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Makes 20 to 25 cookies

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
Food color, if desired
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
Dates, nuts, semisweet chocolate pieces and candied or maraschino cherries

Icing:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 tbsp light cream or 1 1/2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
Mix until smooth
Optional: increase light cream to 3 tbsp or milk to 2 tbsp and stir in 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool).
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 350º. Mix thoroughly butter, sugar, vanilla and few drops food color. Work in flour and salt until dough holds together (if dough is dry, mix in 1 o 2 tablespoons light cream). Mold dough by tablespoonful around date, nut, cherry or a few chocolate pieces.

Place cookies about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool; dip tops of cookies into icing. If desired, decorate with coconut, nuts, colored sugar, candies, chocolate pieces or chocolate shot.

Variations:
Brown sugar: substitute 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed) for the confectioners' sugar and omit food color.

Chocolate: omit food color and stir 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) into butter mixture

 

 

 

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