Chocolate
Sugar Plum Cookies
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 squares Baker's Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, melted
1/4 cup colored sugar
6 tablespoons white decorating icing
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix flour, baking powder
and salt in large bowl; set aside.
- Beat butter in separate
large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
Gradually add granulated sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture,
beating until well blended after each addition. Add chocolate;
mix well.
- Roll dough to 1/8-inch
thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut with assorted 3-inch
cookie cutters; sprinkle with colored sugar. Place, 2-inches
apart, on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes
or until edges begin to brown. Cool on wire racks.
- Decorate with icing. Store
in loosely covered container at room temperature.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies
or 36 servings.
Family Fun:
Roll out dough and bake cookies as directed. (Do not sprinkle
cutouts with colored sugar before baking.) Let the kids spread
the cooled cookies with frosting, then decorate as desired, using
colored sugar, multi-colored and chocolate sprinkles, chopped
Planters Nuts and/or seasonal candies.
Nutrition (per serving): Calories 150, Total
fat 8g, Saturated fat 3.5g, Cholesterol 25mg, Sodium 100mg,
Carbohydrate 21g, Dietary fiber 1g, Sugars 12g, Protein 2g, Vitamin
A 4%DV, Vitamin C 0%DV,
Calcium 0%DV, Iron 4%DV.
Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Kraft Food,
Inc.
