Should I make sugar, molasses, or shortbread cookies? And if I should make shortbread cookies, should I put ja

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Should I make sugar, molasses, or shortbread cookies? And if I should make shortbread cookies, should I put jam in the middle? Or, should I make Orange scones with an orange glaze?

Answer 1

SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Though my mother made plenty of cookies for us and with us, this is the one I love most. It reminds me of Hanukkah and Christmas, and of my brother and me taking over the kitchen table for an afternoon to roll out dough, cut shapes, and sprinkle them with colored sugars while my mom guided us. This recipe makes a lot of cookies. In fact, my memory is that it took us hours to get through all the dough. Of course, the delicious results, and the time spent together, are well worth the effort.
1 pound unsalted butter
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, lightly packed
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Optional decorations:
Colored sugars
Confectioners' sugar




Preheat oven to 275°F.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients to form uniform dough. On a cutting board or work surface, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness, and cut out shapes with cookie cutters or the rims of various-size cups to make circles. The dough can also be rolled out in logs, then sliced into disks.

Place the cookies on ungreased baking sheets, sprinkle with colored sugar, if desired, and bake until lightly golden, about l5 minutes. Allow cookies to cool slightly, then transfer to racks to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar, if desired. Store cookies in airtight container.

Makes approximately 5 dozen.

Answer 2

Girl Scout Shortbread Cookies Copy Cat
60 cookies 1½ hours 1¼ hours prep

1/2 cup butter flavor shortening
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons beaten eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons buttermilk
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon baking powder

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the shortening, sugar, vanilla, and salt with an electric mixer.
Add the egg and beat mixture until it's fluffy.
Add the baking soda and mix for about 20 seconds, then add the buttermilk and mix for an additional 30 seconds.
In another bowl, combine the flour and baking powder.
Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix well with an electric mixer until flour is incorporated.
Roll the dough into a ball, cover it with plastic wrap and then chill it for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Roll dough out on a well floured surface to 1/8 inch thick and punch out cookies with a 1 1/2 to 2 inch cutter.
Arrange cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12/15 minutes or until golden brown.

Whipped Shortbread Cookies
36 cookies 32 min 15 min prep

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/4 cup red maraschino cherries
1/4 cup green maraschino cherries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, combine butter, flour and icing sugar and mix until mixture is a smooth consistency.
Spoon out onto a cookie sheet by teaspoonfuls, spacing about 2 inches apart.
Cut maraschino cherries into quarters and place one piece in the middle of each cookie, alternating with red and green cherries.
Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 15 to 17 minutes or until bottom of cookies are lightly browned, DO NOT OVERBAKE.
Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes.
Transfer onto wire racks to finish cooling.
Store in a container with a lid and separate each layer with wax paper.

Answer 3

Try molasses with a hint of orange!

Answer 4

Why not make orange and lemon zest shortbread..just add zest to usual recipe

Answer 5

molasses

Answer 6

oh, Orange scones with an orange glaze!
please?
please?
pretty please?
pretty please with sugar on it?