Edible Cookie Bowl - Diabetic Friendly
From spinach1948 14 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 8
A sweet center piece or gift. Use this bowl to add differant types of cookies or candy. Arrange them in a decorative way. Can be eaten. Diabetic friendly. Adapted for the recipe cards from Intrenational Masters Pub. Read more for the Creative Cook's Kitchen 1999 Along with the photo. See less
Ingredients
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- For the Cookies: shopping list
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder shopping list
- ¼ cup blanched, slivered almonds, finely ground shopping list
- ½ tsp. salt shopping list
- 4 Tbs. ( ½ stick ) margarine or butter, softened shopping list
- 2/3 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract. shopping list
- Assorted cookies shopping list
- Special Aids; shopping list
- Loaf pan 9” x 5” shopping list
- aluminum foil shopping list
- 1 ½-inch cookie cutter with scalloped edges. shopping list
- ( Can use a different cookie cutter shape for your own design ) shopping list
How to make it
- Making the Cookie dough:
- 1)Cover the outside of a 9” 5” loaf pan with foil. Spray with nonstick vegetable cooking spray.
- 2)In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, almonds and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium, beat margarine or butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture; beat until a dough forms, about 2 minutes.
- Shaping the Cookie Bowl:
- 1)Preheat oven to 350º. Roll dough out to 1/8-inch thickness. Using a 1 ½ -inch cookie cutter, cut out shapes.
- 2)Cover pan with cutouts, overlapping and pressing them slightly.
- Baking the Cookie Bowl:
- 1)Bake cookie bowl until edges are firm, about 15 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and cool completely.
- 2)To remove the cookie bowl, carefully lift it off the foil-lined loaf pan. Remove foil.
- 3)Now arrange an assortment of cookies in the cookie bowl. Cover loosely with plastic wrap until ready to serve.
- As a Gift:
- Wrap with colorful cellophane paper and tie with ribbon.
- Good idea: Bake a few smaller bowls and serve with ice cream for a fun treat or as smaller gifts.
- Diabetic Friendly
- Note: Freezer Option: Wrap the bowl in an airtight enclosure of plastic wrap; store in freezer for up to 1 month. Thaw bowl, wrapped, at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
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I will do this one at christmas i always make a basket and some home made stuff for my friends in th ehigh country.this would hold th esweets i make very well.......great post
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