Christmas Cookies Rule!

i prefer the chocolate brownies

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Last Edited by <%)oM34PrIm|(%>< on 12/16/2012 04:43 AM

YES INDEED!

Then eat some CHRISTMAS COOKIES!

i'll be off me face

I made some of these and just sliced them up and
baked them. Had some plain and some dipped with the
chocolate. Dang, I have to make some more today they
were so good and everyone liked them much more than
I expected.



Shortbread Cookies -- Barefoot Contessa's recipe

Serves: 20 cookies

Ingredients

3/4 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 to 7 ounces very good semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment,
mix together the butter and 1 cup of sugar until they are just combined.
Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt,
then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until
the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour
and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick and cut with a 3 by 1-inch finger-shaped cutter.
Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown.
Allow to cool to room temperature.

When the cookies are cool, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Put 3 ounces of the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave on high power for 30 seconds.
(Don't trust your microwave timer; time it with your watch.) Stir with a wooden spoon.
Continue to heat and stir in 30-second increments until the chocolate is just melted.
Add the remaining chocolate and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring often,
until it's completely smooth. Stir vigorously until the chocolate is smooth and slightly
cooled; stirring makes it glossier.

Drizzle 1/2 of each cookie with just enough chocolate to coat it.

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"Christmas Cookies" George Strait