Cooking Recipe Ribbon Cookies
Recipe Ingredients
-Patricia Dwigans fwds07a-
2 1/2 c
Flour
1 1/2 ts
Baking powder
1/2 ts
Salt
1 c
Shortening; softened
1 1/4 c
Sugar
1
Egg; unbeaten
1 ts
Vanilla
1/4 c
Candied cherries; snipped, OR maraschino cherries
1 oz
Unsweetened chocolate; melted, 1 square
2 tb
Poppy seeds
Directions
Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Cream shortening until light
and fluffy, gradually adding sugar. Stir in egg and vanilla; beat
well. Blend in flour mixture.
Divide dough into 3 parts. Add cherries to one, chocolate to
second, and poppy seeds to third. Into bottom of waxed paper lined
9x5x3-inch pan, pack cherry mixture evenly, then chocolate, then
poppy seed. Refrigerate at least 24 hours. Remove dough from pan;
cut in half lengthwise, then crosswise into 1/4-inch slices. On
ungreased cookie sheets, bake 8-10 minutes or till very light brown
at 400~. Makes 6-7 dozen.