Bones & Blood Recipe

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Like a zombie, you'll be desperate for more of these bone-shaped cookies and dip. Fight nicely over them--no biting! —Taste of Home Food Styling Team, Greendale, Wisconsin

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Bones & Blood Recipe

Prep: 45 min. Bake: 25 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 40 Servings

45 25 70

Ingredients

5 egg whites
1/2 cup cake flour
1/2 cup ground almonds
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Dash salt
4 drops yellow food coloring, optional
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
SAUCE:
1-1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup strawberry jelly
Red food coloring, optional

Directions

Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, combine the flour, almonds, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
Add the vanilla, cream of tartar, salt and food coloring, if desired, to the egg whites. Beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Fold in flour mixture.
Cut a 1/2-in. hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag. Fill bag with egg white mixture. Pipe 4-in. logs onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Pipe two 1/2-in. balls at both ends of each log. Bake at 300° for 25-30 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.
In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine the cream, chocolate chips and jelly. Microwave on high in 30-second intervals until melted; stir until smooth. Tint red if desired. Cool to room temperature and serve with bones. Refrigerate leftover sauce. Yield: 40 cookies (2 cups sauce).

Nutritional Facts 1 bone with 2 teaspoons sauce equals 78 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 14 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Bones & Blood in Taste of Home October 2011, p31