COOKIE COUNTDOWN Day 6!
'Tis the season to be baking!
Seems like everyone I know is in the holiday baking mood... the grocery store is crazy busy and Facebook is all a-buzz with posts about baking-this and baking-that!
I am doing the desserts for a holiday party tomorrow night, and have been in my kitchen ALL day. Well, except to run to the grocery store a couple of times, and to do a couple of other errands. My feet are soooo tired! I am baked-OUT!
When these goodies all run out, my family is eating Oreos. Seriously. Or Chips Ahoy. Whatever they want to buy, when THEY go to the store.
I think I am going to just go back to sewing.
(Oh, and I gotta wrap christmas gifts...)
OK. Well. Ready for another recipe?
These are just called 3-Layer Cookies. Yummy!
First, LAYER #1:
2 cubes butter (one cube = one stick = 1/2 cup!)
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
Mix and press into a cookie sheet. Bake at 300 for 15 minutes.
1/8 tsp salt
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
Mix and press into a cookie sheet. Bake at 300 for 15 minutes.
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| There's been some confusion...am I the only one (besides my mom!) who says CUBES of butter? A cube is a stick. You know, a 1/2 cup of buttery goodness. In a cube. |
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| Liz made me buy a REAL mixer a couple of years ago when she was visiting. Thank you Liz, I would have DIED today without my fun red KitchenAid! |
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| I have made 12 pans of various cookies like this in the last couple of days. My fingers hurt from all that pressing! |
NEXT, Layer #2:
3 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
4 Tbsp flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups chopped nuts (I used pecans)
Small pkg coconut (about 7 oz)
Mix and pour over crust. Bake at 300 for 15 min, then raise to 350 for 15 min more.
4 eggs
4 Tbsp flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups chopped nuts (I used pecans)
Small pkg coconut (about 7 oz)
Mix and pour over crust. Bake at 300 for 15 min, then raise to 350 for 15 min more.
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| The BEST vanilla. From Trader Joe's. |
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| I was almost done chopping all those pecans when I remembered I had this cool chopper. I should cook more often...I forget what's in those cupboards! |
THEN, Layer #3:
1 cube butter
1 lb powdered sugar
8 oz cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
Mix together and 'frost'. Chill and cut into 1" squares.
1 cube butter
1 lb powdered sugar
8 oz cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
Mix together and 'frost'. Chill and cut into 1" squares.
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| I am really really good at making icing. I lost count of how many bowls of various kinds of icing I made today! By the end of the day, I couldn't even THINK about licking the spoon. Blech. |
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| Just spread a big ol' thick layer of frosting on there! |
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| Chillin' in the fridge. Sorry no pic of the little bite size cookies all cut up and cute on a plate. I am going to bed! |
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| This is what I look like after all day of being in the kitchen. Scary. |
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Here's the recipe...Happy Baking!
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| Another free printable recipe card by Smilebox |
