Surprise Sugar Stars Recipe

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Come holiday time, Joyce Berry rolls out dozens of these buttery cutout cookies in her Sandpoint, Idaho country kitchen. "The basic sugar cookie recipe is my mother's," she informs, "and I came up with the sweet 'surprise' inside."

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Surprise Sugar Stars Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 48 Servings

30 15 45

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup buttermilk
1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
ICING:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk
Colored sugar, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours or until easy to handle.
On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with 2-in star cookie cutter or the cutter of your choice. Place half of the stars on ungreased baking sheets. Spoon 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls of pie filling into the centers of each. Top with remaining stars. Pinch edges to seal; cut a small slit in top of each cookie.
Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
For icing, in a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve desired consistence. Spread over cookies. Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 131 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 115 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Surprise Sugar Stars in Country Woman November/December 1998, p41