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Black-Eyed Susan Cookies Recipe

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Black-eyed Susans attract butterflies when planted in masses, and you'll draw a crowd when you make these "conversation" cookies. They may be a little more time-consuming than some cookies, but their sunny faces and gumdrop centers are worth it the extra time. —Grace Pack, Beaver, West Virginia

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Black-Eyed Susan Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 21 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon orange extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
GLAZE:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
2 to 3 drops yellow food coloring, optional
Additional confectioners' sugar
Black gumdrops

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Divide dough in half so that one portion is slightly larger than the other; shape each into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll larger portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. round or scalloped cookie cutter to make flower bottoms. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough using a floured 2-3/4-in. flower or scalloped cookie cutter to make an equal number of flower tops.
Bake larger cookies at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown; bake smaller cookies for 5-7 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, milk, extract and, if desired, food coloring; mix until smooth. Immediately spread over cooled cookies. Stir additional confectioners' sugar into remaining glaze to thicken; spread a small amount on bottom of smaller cookies; place over larger cookies. Top with gumdrops. Yield: 21 cookies.

Nutritional Facts 1 decorated cookie (calculated without gumdrops) equals 247 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 43 mg cholesterol, 147 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Black-Eyed Susan Cookies in Taste of Home April/May 2012, p80

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Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2013 by szwejlovesjesus

There was no way I could roll out this dough. I ended up scooping it into round cookies. They tasted good, but we were looking for a good cutout cookie recipe and the finished product looked nothing like what we expected.

Reviewed on Apr. 12, 2012 by anna0425

Cookies were excellent. I did need to use a lot more flour when using the cookie cutters. Also I used lemon extract instead of the orange extract for half of the frosting recipe! I didn't have any gum drops available so I used M&M's and they worked just as good!