Brigits Cross Cookies
From karlyn255 14 years agoIngredients
- With hand mixer, cream 1/2 cup butter shopping list
- 3 ounces cream cheese shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
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- 1 egg, well beaten shopping list
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk or yogurt shopping list
- 1 cup flour, added slowly shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, beating on low speed shopping list
- Add, using a strong spoon 1 more cup of flour. shopping list
- Divide dough in half, make into two 1/2 inch thick discs, wrap in shopping list
- plastic, and chill until firm, 1-2 hours. shopping list
How to make it
- For filling, soften 3 ounces cream cheese
- With a strong spoon again, add 3/4 cup sweetened coconut
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts or almonds
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- Use parchment paper or grease 3 baking sheets.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll one disc into an 8 by 13 inch
- rectangle about 1/8 inch thick.
- Using a pizza cutter, pastry wheel, or a plain old knife, cut into fifteen 2 1/2 inch squares, transfer to baking sheets, about 1 1/2 inch apart.
- Place 1 teaspoon filling (flat not heaping) in center of each.
- Cut 1 inch diagonals in from corners towards filling.
- Fold every other corner in to centre end of opposite cut, over
- filling, glue together with a drop of water if needed.
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- For glaze, use 2 tablespoons milk.
- Using a pastry brush, lightly dampen tops of pinwheels.
- Sprinkle with granulated sugar and coloured sugar, red (lightly!!)
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- Bake for about 12 minutes, until pastry is golden and puffed.
- While first batch is baking, prepare second batch.
- Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring the finished cookies to rack to cool.
- Bake second batch. Makes 30 cookies
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Wow, what a cookie/pastrie. Must try these,
love the filling, not the normal, nut or poppyseed, or jam
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