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Christmas Checkerboards (magazine) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 sticks butter
1 ½ cup powdered sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 ¾ cup flour

Beat egg and vanilla, add butter and powdered sugar. Add flour. Mix well.

Divide dough in 4th's and color each as the following:

1) add 1 TB cocoa, 1 TB choc sprinkles
2) ½ tsp orange peel
3) 6 red cherries chopped, 3 drops red food coloring
4) 3 drops green food coloring
Directions:
Directions:
Roll & square each section. Put sections together forming one large square, 4 colors. Refrigerate 6 hours. Slice, and bake 7-9 minutes in 375° oven until firm or light brown on bottom.

Frost each cookie making a ribbon and bow (Christmas package):

1 cup powdered sugar
1 TB butter
⅛ tsp almond extract
milk to piping consistency
green food coloring
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Little putzy, however they are very good.

 

 

 

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