Striped Icebox Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: 5 dozen.
I've been using this recipe ever since I was a little girl. I like it because it's easier than making cutout cookies. You can easily mix-and-match your favorite ingredients to create different looks.
—Patricia Reese, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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1-1/2 cups sugar
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1 large egg
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2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries, drained
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2 drops red food coloring
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2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
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4 teaspoons nonpareils
Directions
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1.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture.
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2.
Divide into thirds. Add cherries and food coloring to one portion, chocolate to another portion and nonpareils to remaining portion.
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3.
Line a 9x5-in. loaf pan with waxed paper. Spread cherry dough over bottom. Cover with chocolate dough, then remaining dough. Refrigerate, covered, until firm, about 2 hours.
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4.
Preheat oven to 375°. Remove dough from pan; cut in half lengthwise. Cut each portion into 1/4-in. slices. For easier handling, freeze until firm, 10-15 minutes. Bake 1 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets until edges begin to brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 74 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 11mg cholesterol, 46mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0g fiber), 1g protein.
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