Soft Sugar Cookie Puffs Recipe

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My husband's Aunt Laurel always made these cake-like cookies with her own farm-fresh eggs, cream and butter. Now I prepare batches for Christmas each year. We like them because they're not overly sweet.

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Soft Sugar Cookie Puffs Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 36 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon almond extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
Assorted colored sugars, optional

Directions

In a bowl, beat eggs; add cream and beat well. Beat in the sugar, butter and almond extract. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to sugar mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugars if desired. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 104 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 55 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Soft Sugar Cookie Puffs in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2001, p31