Sugar Cookie Dippers

Sugar Cookie Recipe

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Ingredients:

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*1/2 cup Butter

*1 cup Sugar

*1 teaspoon Vanilla

*1 Egg

*1/2 cup Heavy Cream or Whipping Cream, Sour Cream or Cream Cheese (I’ve used each one of these variation each gives the cookie a slightly different taste and they’re all yummy!)

*3 1/4 cup any All-purpose Flour

*1 teaspoon Soda

*1/2 teaspoon Salt

**Rectangular Cookie Cutter for best results or cut into rectangular strips with pastry cutter or knife

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In a stand mixer on medium-low speed, cream together the butter and sugar. Then add the vanilla, egg and cream of your choice and mix just until combined.

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Using Sifter, sift together in a bowl the flour soda and salt and slowly add to the creamed mixture, mixing on low just until barely combined. Dough should be slightly sticky. Do Not Over Mix!

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Then divide the dough into 3 dough balls, flatten dough balls making disk shapes. Now wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes or more.

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Remove 1 dough disk at a time from the refrigerator and roll-out disk on a floured surface with rolling-pin or use 2 pieces of plastic wrap, placing the dough disk in the center of 1 of the pieces of plastic wrap and the second piece on top of the dough disk, use rolling-pin and roll out the cookie dough about 1/2 inch thick.

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Use a rectangular cutter and cut out shapes in the rolled out dough. Repeat for each dough disk. Then add to the next dough disk the scraps from the first disk or (discard scraps of dough), continue this technic until all the dough is used.

Place cookies on a Silpat covered half baking sheet, 12 cookies per sheet. For best results refrigerate the cut cookies on baking sheet before baking 5-10 minutes.

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Bake the cookies in a pre-heated 425* F. oven for 8-12 minutes or barely starting to turn golden on the bottom; baking time depends on the size of cookie cutter used. Do Not Over Bake! If you do over bake they will become too hard. Cool on baking sheet.

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Enjoy!

Lindy

Valentine Chocolate Truffles

Valentine Chocolate Truffles

*8 ounces Ghirardelli Bittersweet Chocolate Chips

*8 ounces Semi Sweet Bakers Chocolate, chopped with sharp knife

*1 cup Heavy Cream

*Pinch Sea Salt

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Powder or 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

*Candy Sprinkles

*Cocoa Powder

Use a double boiler on medium-low heat add the cream, when the cream becomes very warm add the chocolate and remove from heat, stirring until chocolate pieces have melted. Then stir in the vanilla and salt.

When the chocolate has cooled to room temperature, refrigerate until chocolate is firm 1 to 2 hours.

Then using a 2 teaspoon cookie scoop or melon baller and cup of hot water, dip cookie scoop or melon baller into hot water and scoop out truffle balls with scoop and form into balls by rolling quickly in the palm of you hand forming a rough ball shapes (use small amount cooking spray or butter on the palms of your hands if desired to prevent sticking).

Roll balls into sprinkles or cocoa powder or powder sugar as desired. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve, serve at room temperature. Chocolate truffles will keep in the fridge for 2 weeks.

Enjoy!

Lindy