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Colored Candy Sticks Cookie Recipe |
By:
Griffin Wetzstein |
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The colored candy sticks cookie recipe is a perfect one to bake
with the children. A little bit of white chocolate and colored
sugar will make the "fun factor" go off the scale!
Ingredients
2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter,
softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking
powder
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2
cups all-purpose flour
Assorted food coloring
Dipping Chocolate:
1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
1
tablespoon shortening
Topping:
Colored sugars or decorative candies
Hardware
Large bowl
Medium bowl
1-quart
saucepan
Cookie sheets
Cookie press with star shape
Waxed paper
Mixer
Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Step 2:
In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on
medium-high speed for 30 seconds.
Step 3: Add
granulated sugar and baking powder and beat until combined.
Step 4: Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
Step
5: Gradually beat in flour, finish mixing with spoon if
needed.
Step 6: Divide dough in half, and add food
coloring to each half to result in two different colors of
dough.
Step 7: Pack both colors side by side into
cookie press with star shaped plate. Press 5-inch long sticks
out 1-inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Step
8: Bake 10 minutes or until edges are firm but not brown.
Let cookies stand for 1 minute before transferring to cooling
surface.
Step 9: In a 1-quart saucepan melt white
chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring
constantly.
Step 10: Dip end of each cookie into
melted chocolate letting excess drip off. Sprinkle with colored
sugar and place on waxed paper to set.
Makes 36 cookies.
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