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For a firm, manageable pastry use butter, not margarine. Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter |
1 cup all-purpose flour |
3 1/2 tablespoons light cream |
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar |
1 tablespoon butter, softened |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1 drop food coloring |
1 tablespoon light cream |
1/3 cup granulated sugar for decoration |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Cut the 6 tablespoons of cold butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of cream over the mixture and toss gently with a fork. Repeat with the remaining cream until all is moistened. Form into a ball.
4. Roll the dough to slightly less than 1/8 inch thick. Cut into rounds with a 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Sprinkle one side of each round with sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet, sugar side up.
5. Prick each round in four parallel rows with a fork.
6. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown. Remove to a rack and cool completely.
7. Make filling as follows. Stir together the powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon softened butter, vanilla, food coloring, and enough of the 1 tablespoon cream to make it spreadable.
8. Spread 1/2 teaspoon of the filling on the flat side of half of the cookies. Top with the remaining cookies, flat side down.
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