Jelly Bean Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch
YIELD: about 2-1/2 dozen.
It's a family tradition for my grandmother and me to make these colorful cookies every year for the holidays. —Cheyenne Fink, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania
Ingredients
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1/2 cup shortening
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3/4 cup sugar
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1 large egg, room temperature
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2 tablespoons 2% milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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3/4 cup small jelly beans
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until blended. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in jelly beans.
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2.
Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 1-1/2 in. apart onto greased or parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 91 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 6mg cholesterol, 61mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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