Do-ahead cookies? Called icebox cookies or refrigerator cookies, they're super easy. All you do is make the dough, tuck it in the fridge, then slice and bake it later.
Easy Ice Box Striped Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 3 hr 15 min
- Servings 66
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Food color (any color)
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt and baking soda. Divide dough in half. Stir 1/2 teaspoon food color into 1 half, or stir 1/2 teaspoon of different food colors into each half. Cover both halves and refrigerate 1 hour.
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Step2On very lightly floured surface, shape each halfof dough into 2 strips, each about 9x2 1/2 inches. Layer strips, alternating colors; press together. Wrap and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
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Step3Heat oven to 400°F. Cut dough into 1/8-inch slices. On ungreased cookie sheet, place slices about 1 inch apart. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or just until edges are golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to coolingrack; cool.
Nutrition
60
Calories
3g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 60
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 65mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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