Taste of Home Christmas Cookies & Candy
- Over 200 delicious holiday treats
- Recipes from cutout cookies to truffles
- 112 pages
Full Product Description:
With this merry compilation, you'll never run out of new cookie and candy recipes to try around the holidays. You get more than 200 time-tested recipes fro mouthwatering sweets and dozens of full-color photos. From basic cutout cookies to decadent truffles, this book has a special goodie for every Christmas gathering. 112 pages. 8-1/8"W x 10-7/8"L. Hardcover.
Peppermint Twist Kisses
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 to 8 drops red food coloring
- 36 chocolate kisses
Directions: In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk and extracts. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Divide dough in half; tint one portion red. Divide each into four portions. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Shape each portion into a 9-in. log. Place one red log next to one white log; twist gently to create one swirled roll. Roll gently until roll becomes one log. Repeat with remaining dough. Cut each log into nine slices; roll each into a ball. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a glass. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Press chocolate kisses into the center of warm cookies. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 3 dozen.
