Christmas Cookie Recipes

Kentucky Colonels

Ingredients:
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) package of chopped dates
1 cup chopped nuts
2 1/2 cup Rice Krispies
coconut

Directions:
Melt butter in large saucepan. Add vanilla, sugar, egg, and dates and simmer over medium heat until thick. Remove from heat. Mix nuts and Rice Krispies. Allow to cool until mixture can be handled. Grease hands and form into small balls. Roll balls into coconut.

Linzer Tarts

Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup butter
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar and add egg. Beat well, add flour and salt. Mix dough by hand until soft. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Roll on floured board to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into rounds. Cut center out (using the top of the vanilla extract cap) of 1/2 of rounds. This is the top of the cookies. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-10 minutes or very lightly brown. Cool and fill with favorite preserves. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.

Linzer Tarts

Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup butter
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar and add egg. Beat well, add flour and salt. Mix dough by hand until soft. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Roll on floured board to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into rounds. Cut center out (using the top of the vanilla extract cap) of 1/2 of rounds. This is the top of the cookies. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-10 minutes or very lightly brown. Cool and fill with favorite preserves. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.

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