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baronessekatAnother one from Pintrest that looked interesting and would add some color to the Christmas Cookie tray.
From: http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/2013/12/gumdrop-cookies.html
Ingredients:
16 ounces fruit flavored gumdrops
1/3 cup sugar to coat gumdrops
1 cup margarine, softened (I have always used Country Crock Sticks)
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Directions:
1.Use kitchen shears or a sharp knife to cut gumdrops into small pieces, drop into a bowl of sugar, toss to coat. Remove from sugar, allowing excess sugar to fall back into the bowl.
2.Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3.Cream margarine and sugar together until fluffy. Mix in eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir dry ingredients into the wet mixture just until blended.
4.Stir in half of the gumdrop pieces. Scoop out 2 tablespoons of dough. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Flatten cookies. Top with more gumdrop pieces.
5.Bake 8-12 minutes until tops of cookies look dry, but edges are not yet browned. Cool on cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes, then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.
What I did differently
Basically, as I was putting the dough together I noticed how much like a sugar cookie it seemed to be. So instead of doing drop cookies, I added all the gumdrops and then rolled out the dough and formed it into a log. I then let it chill in the fridge for a couple hours. Just before baking, I sliced the dough log and this created more of a stained glass window effect, which I rather liked.
Thoughts
I liked the cookies and received several "These are yummy" from folks who had them. These may end up in the regular cookie making for the holidays instead of standard roll-out sugar cookies.
Rating 4.25 out of 5
From: http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/2013/12/gumdrop-cookies.html
Ingredients:
16 ounces fruit flavored gumdrops
1/3 cup sugar to coat gumdrops
1 cup margarine, softened (I have always used Country Crock Sticks)
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Directions:
1.Use kitchen shears or a sharp knife to cut gumdrops into small pieces, drop into a bowl of sugar, toss to coat. Remove from sugar, allowing excess sugar to fall back into the bowl.
2.Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3.Cream margarine and sugar together until fluffy. Mix in eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir dry ingredients into the wet mixture just until blended.
4.Stir in half of the gumdrop pieces. Scoop out 2 tablespoons of dough. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Flatten cookies. Top with more gumdrop pieces.
5.Bake 8-12 minutes until tops of cookies look dry, but edges are not yet browned. Cool on cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes, then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.
What I did differently
Basically, as I was putting the dough together I noticed how much like a sugar cookie it seemed to be. So instead of doing drop cookies, I added all the gumdrops and then rolled out the dough and formed it into a log. I then let it chill in the fridge for a couple hours. Just before baking, I sliced the dough log and this created more of a stained glass window effect, which I rather liked.
Thoughts
I liked the cookies and received several "These are yummy" from folks who had them. These may end up in the regular cookie making for the holidays instead of standard roll-out sugar cookies.
Rating 4.25 out of 5
