Holiday Bake Along - Medeiros Needlecraft Design
Melinda’s recipe calls for cardamom, one of my VERY favorite spices! Need I mention, this is going onto my *Must Bake* list?
I hope you’ll follow along with this year’s Holiday Bake Along. Be sure and check out last year’s recipes, as well!
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*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*
| TheArmchairChef.com Needlework and Quilting Holiday Bake Along 2007 Santa’s Favorite Spritz Cookies |
| It is an annual ritual in our home to place a plate of freshly baked cookies, a mug of milk, a festive napkin and the Santa Key on a round table near the fireplace. My children carefully arrange every item on the table to make sure Santa has the opportunity to sample each of their specially baked homemade cookies. The kids always place carrots for the reindeer and a variety of cookies to include Gingerbread Men, sugar cookies and, Santa’s favorite, Spritz cookies. The round table is the first thing they visit Christmas morning to see if he ate their cookies. The milk is gone. The napkin is neatly folded. The Santa Key is hanging on the Christmas tree. The carrots are gone. The kids have learned that there is never even a crumb left of the Spritz cookies, while sometimes Santa will try the other cookies, but leave some. I tell them that there were just too many cookies and he has A LOT of houses to visit. We have learned by observation year after year that these are Santa’s favorite Spritz cookies. I’ll hope you’ll try them too, but make a double batch just to be safe! |
| Ingredients |
| 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup un-salted butter 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla |
| Step by Step |
| 1) Mix together: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4teaspoon ground cardamom 2) In a separate bowl, cream together: 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup un-salted butter 3) Blend in: 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 4) Slowly add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and blend well. 5) Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for one hour. Put dough in a cookie press or cookie gun and, using your favorite attachments, place cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet. 6) Sprinkle cookies with colored sugar sprinkles. 7) Bake in a 350 degree oven for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. 8 ) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Medeiros Needlecraft Design |
| Medeiros Needlecraft Design is a counted cross stitch design company located in Cape Cod Massachusetts. Trained in Illustration and Graphic Design, Melinda has been designing cross stitch for five years and enjoys using needlework as a means of illustrating and story telling. Needlework not only creates wonderful connections between the generations, but provides the stitcher with a relaxing and creative art form. Many of Melinda’s designs reflect her interest in gardening, reading, nautical and Christmas related topics. Web Site: http://www.needlecraftdesign.com/ |