Merry Grinchmas Cookies

• Meat

  • 48 Heart-shaped gumdrops

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp Food coloring, green
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/4 cups Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1 package Cream cheese

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Description

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1-1/4 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon green food coloring
• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 48 heart-shaped gumdrops

Directions

• Directions In a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in vanilla, food coloring and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour or until firm enough to shape. Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-1/2-in. balls; roll in confectioners sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until tops are cracked and edges are set, 12-15 minutes. Immediately press a gumdrop into each cookie. Cool cookies 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 4 dozen Originally published as Merry Grinchmas Cookies in Cookies & Candies Bookazine 2016 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: thumbnails-i, container: taboola-native-stream-thumbnails, placement: Native Stream Thumbnails, target_type: mix });

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