Cookies Around The World 3 Of 5

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2-2 tablespoons milk
• 2 -3 drops food coloring (optional)
• 1/3 cup blanched almond, finely chopped
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope premelted chocolate
• 1/4 cup chopped pistachio nuts or 1/4 cup walnuts
• 2 -3 drops green food coloring
• 1 teaspoon flavoring
• 2 -3 drops red food coloring

Recipe

• 1 basic cookie dough.
• 2 cream butter and sugar.
• 3 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 4 add flour slowly and mix well.
• 5 finnish almond brittle.
• 6 add almond extract to 1/2 cookie dough.
• 7 cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
• 8 heat oven to 375.
• 9 roll dough 1/4 inch on lightly-floured cloth-coverd board.
• 10 cut into strips 2 1/2 by 3/4 inch.
• 11 bake on ungreased baking sheet 10-12 minutes, until very light brown.
• 12 cool.
• 13 for frosting, blend confectioners sugar, vanilla, milk, food color.
• 14 frost cookies.
• 15 sprinkle with almonds.
• 16 italian spumoni bars.
• 17 divide 1/2 cookie dough into 3 parts.
• 18 part 1- mix in premelted chocolate.
• 19 part 2- mix in pistachio nuts and green food color.
• 20 part 3- mix in flavoring and red food color.
• 21 shape each part into rectangle, 8 by 3 inches.
• 22 layer rectangles, placing green dough in center.
• 23 press together.
• 24 wrap and chill at least 2 hours.
• 25 heat oven to 375.
• 26 cut dough crosswise into 1/8 inch slices.
• 27 bake on ungreased backing sheet 5-7 minutes, until no imprint remains when touched lightly.