News Item: : Michelle Obama's Shortbread Cookies Recipe - Shared by Sandy Emberland
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Wednesday 31 December 1969 - 19:00:00
Michelle Obama's Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened1-1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar2 egg yolks2 tablespoons Amaretto (almond liqueur)1 teaspoon each orange and lemon zest3 cups cake flour (not self-rising)1/4 teaspoon salt1 beaten egg whiteChopped nuts or dried fruit (optional)
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 325 degree F. Line a 17 x 12 x 1-inch baking pan withnonstick foil. In large bowl, cream together butter and 1-1/2 cups of thesugar.2. Slowly add egg yolks, and beat well until smooth. Beat in Amaretto andzest.3. Stir in flour and salt until combined.4. Spread dough evenly into prepared pan, flattening as smoothly aspossible.5. Brush top of dough with egg white; sprinkle with nuts or fruit (if using)and with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.6. Bake at 325 degree F for 25 minutes or until brown, turn off oven andallow cookies to sit in oven (with door ajar) for 15 minutes. Cut whileslightly warm.
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(Category: Club News)
Posted by Web Admin
Wednesday 31 December 1969 - 19:00:00
Michelle Obama's Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened1-1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar2 egg yolks2 tablespoons Amaretto (almond liqueur)1 teaspoon each orange and lemon zest3 cups cake flour (not self-rising)1/4 teaspoon salt1 beaten egg whiteChopped nuts or dried fruit (optional)
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 325 degree F. Line a 17 x 12 x 1-inch baking pan withnonstick foil. In large bowl, cream together butter and 1-1/2 cups of thesugar.2. Slowly add egg yolks, and beat well until smooth. Beat in Amaretto andzest.3. Stir in flour and salt until combined.4. Spread dough evenly into prepared pan, flattening as smoothly aspossible.5. Brush top of dough with egg white; sprinkle with nuts or fruit (if using)and with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.6. Bake at 325 degree F for 25 minutes or until brown, turn off oven andallow cookies to sit in oven (with door ajar) for 15 minutes. Cut whileslightly warm.
This news item is from Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley
( http://www.conejodemocrats.com/news.php?extend.78 )