Cookie Leaves Recipe
Personally, I think that this Cookie Leaves recipe is the best in the world, that is why I am excited about sharing this with you. I never fail to eat Dessert while dining out and this is the most common dish that I order. Enjoy this dish with your kin and friends and get back to me with all that they have said.
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup honey
1 egg
1 teaspoon anise extract or 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups Vanilla Icing, divided natural green food coloring
Directions
Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda into a medium-size bowl.
In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy.
Beat in honey and egg.
Stir in anise or vanilla extract.
Add dry ingredients, mixing in well.
Form into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap, and chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to a 1/8-inch thickness.
The dough will be soft.
Cut with a leaf-shaped cookie cutter, or cut a leaf from a piece of cardboard, and trace around it on dough with a knife.
Place leaves on ungreased baking sheets, and bake on middle shelf of oven for about 7 minutes, or until golden.
Cool on wire racks.
To 1 cup Vanilla Icing, add enough green food coloring to make a light green color.
Frost cooled cookies.
To remaining 1/2 cup frosting, add enough green food coloring to make a dark green color.
Place dark green icing into a pastry bag with a writing tip, and make dark green veins on leaves.
In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy.
Beat in honey and egg.
Stir in anise or vanilla extract.
Add dry ingredients, mixing in well.
Form into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap, and chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to a 1/8-inch thickness.
The dough will be soft.
Cut with a leaf-shaped cookie cutter, or cut a leaf from a piece of cardboard, and trace around it on dough with a knife.
Place leaves on ungreased baking sheets, and bake on middle shelf of oven for about 7 minutes, or until golden.
Cool on wire racks.
To 1 cup Vanilla Icing, add enough green food coloring to make a light green color.
Frost cooled cookies.
To remaining 1/2 cup frosting, add enough green food coloring to make a dark green color.
Place dark green icing into a pastry bag with a writing tip, and make dark green veins on leaves.
