Have a starry holiday time with these delicious and colorful cookie duos - perfect dessert.
Holiday Stars
- Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup colored sugar

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Beat granulated sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
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Step2Heat oven to 400°. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on well-floured surface. Cut with 2 1/2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter. On each cookie, cut slit between 2 points to just past the center; spread to make 1/4-inch opening. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
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Step3Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until very light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Fit cookies together in pairs as shown below.
Nutrition
80
Calories
3g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- Sodium
- 40mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch;
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