Good Fortune & Cheer Cookies
You'll love stuffing Christmas greetings and well wishes into these fun homemade cookies—and your family and friends will love receiving them! —Beverly Preston, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin18 ServingsPrep: 30 min. Bake: 5 min./batch + standing
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
- Crushed peppermint candies
- Red, white and green nonpareils
Directions
- Write fortunes on small strips of paper (3 in. x 1/2 in.); set aside.
- Using a pencil, draw two 3-in. circles on a sheet of parchment
- paper. Place paper, pencil mark down, on a baking sheet; set aside.
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- In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, egg whites and extracts
- until well blended. Add flour; mix well (batter will be thick).
- Spread a scant tablespoonful of batter over each circle. Bake at
- 400° for 4-5 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Slide parchment paper onto a work surface. Cover one cookie with a
- kitchen towel to keep warm. Place a fortune in the center of the
- other cookie; loosen cookie from parchment paper with a thin
- spatula. Fold cookie in half over fortune so the edges meet; hold
- edges together for 3 seconds.