Receta Peanut Butter "King Cake" Cookie
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Ingredientes
- 1/2 c. Crisco shortening
- 1Â 1/4 c. Firmly-packed brown sugar
- 3/4 c. Creamy peanut butter
- 3 Tbsp. Lowfat milk
- 1 Tbsp. Vanilla
- 1 x Egg
- 1Â 3/4 c. All-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 tsp Baking soda
- 3 x Chocolate kisses or possibly
- Â Â Chocolate candy-coated pcs
- 2Â 1/2 c. Icing sugar
- 1/3 c. Crisco shortening
- 2 Tbsp. Lowfat milk
- 2 tsp Corn syrup
- Â Â Food colour
Direcciones
- 1. Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Line three baking sheets with foil. Grease with shortening.
- 2. For cookies, combine shortening, brown sugar, peanut butter, lowfat milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer till well blended. Add in egg. Beat just till blended.
- 3. Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Add in to creamed mix at low speed. Mix just till blended.
- 4. Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Working with 1/3 of dough at a time, break off 8 equal pcs of dough. Roll into balls. "Hide" a chocolate kiss in one of the 8 balls, molding dough with fingers around chocolate kiss. (This is the prize.) Arrange balls on baking sheet almost touching in a 6-inch (15 cm) circle. Flatten balls slightly with fingers. Repeat with remaining balls to make two more
- "circles."
- 5. Bake one baking sheet at a time at 375F
- (190C) for 9 to 11 min, or possibly till set. Don't OVERBAKE.
- Cold 5 to 8 min on baking sheet before removing cookie on foil to countertop to cold completely.
- 6. For icing, combine icing sugar, shortening, lowfat milk and corn syrup in bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer till smooth. If too thick, add in additional lowfat milk, a few drops at a time. If too thin, add in additional icing sugar.
- 7. Divide icing into half. Place 1/2 into a large bowl.
- Divide other half into three small bowls. Add in yellow food colour to one small bowl till desired shade is achieved and mix well. Add in equal amounts of yellow and blue food colour to the second small bowl to make a green icing. Add in equal amounts of blue and red food colour to the third small bowl to make a purple icing. Place coloured icings in small resealable plastic bags. Seal. Cut tiny tip off corner of each bag. Frost each cookie with white icing using spatula or possibly knife. Pipe coloured icings decoratively over each "King cake."
- Makes: 3 "King cake" cookies