Star Spangled Cookie Bouquet
What You Need:
3/4 C of butter, softened
1 C of sugar
1 egg
1 T of milk
2 1/4 C of flour
1 t baking powder
1/8 t of salt
1 t apple pie spice
1 t vanilla extract
4 C of confectioners’ sugar
1/2 C of light corn syrup
3 T of water
Red and blue gel food coloring
Red, blue and white sugar
sprinkles
How to Make It:
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large
mixing bowl.
Beat in the egg and milk until blended in
well.
Mix together in a separate bowl the flour, baking
powder and salt.
Slow add the flour mixture to the cream mixture
stirring until well combined.
Beat in the apple pie spice and vanilla extract
until blended in well.
Cover the dough and chill for 2 hours or until
the dough is chilled enough to easily handle.
Set the oven temperature at 375 degrees allowing
the oven to preheat.
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface
to 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut the dough out in to stars using a star shape
cookie cutter.
Place 6 stars onto an ungreased cookie
sheet.
Place a wooden dowel soaked in water onto the
cookies.
Place a second star shape over the first sealing
the dowel into the dough.
Place the remaining cookies on another ungreased
cookie sheet.
Bake the cookies for 8 minutes or until golden
brown.
Remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool being
sure to pop up each dowel so the cookie is parallel to the rack.
Place the confectioners' sugar into a mixing
bowl.
Stir in the corn syrup and water until the
mixture becomes smooth.
Divide the frosting into 3 separate
bowls.
Tint one bowl of frosting with the red gel,
another bowl of frosting with the blue gel and leave one bowl of frosting white.
Frost the cookies with the frosting and sprinkle
with a different colored sugar.
To make a swirled design, frost a cookie with the
white frosting.
Place 2 dots of the red and the blue frosting
onto the white and with a knife make a swirling motion through the frosting.
Cut a piece of floral foam to fit into a
vase.
Fit the foam snuggly into the vase and cover the
top with shredded red, white and blue paper.
Fit the dowel cookies into the foam and add a
flag or two to the vase.
Place the vase in the middle of a cookie platter
and place the remaining cookies around the vase to serve.
Makes 1 1/2 dozen cookies
This makes a great centerpiece for your
4th of July table along with a delicious
dessert. Need more than 1 dozen eatable cookies
just double the ingredients?
You can also make these cookies ahead of
time. Just bake then
freeze. When your ready remove the cookies
allow them to thaw and frost them.
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