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Christmas Star Cookie Recipe

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Souza Realty 916.408.5500 California DRE #01262541

Christmas Star Cookie Recipe

These are stunning cookies that really capture Christmas with a festive combination of green sugar sprinkles and red strawberry jam. You'll need 2" and 4" star cookie cutters, 2 cookie sheets and parchment paper for this recipe, which will make about 12 cookies. Also, the dough needs to be refrigerated for at least 3 hours, so plan ahead! :)

Christmas Star Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
green sugar sprinkles
strawberry jam or preserves 

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Cream butter and sugar until smooth, then mix in eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually stir in the flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
  2. Cut 4 pieces of parchment paper the size of your cookie sheets. Roll out half of the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper to 1/8" thick. Lift off top sheet of parchment paper, then cut 4" stars at least 2" apart. Remove the dough around the stars and place the parchment paper with stars on one cookie sheet.
  3. Do the same with the remaining half of the dough and also cut 2" stars inside of the 4" stars (these will make the top half of the cookies). Sprinkle with green sugar sprinkles.
  4. Bake for 6-8 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cookies cool completely.
  5. Spread 1 tbsp. of strawberry jam in the middle of the full star cookies, then place the cutout star cookies on top and press gently.
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BOB & LEILANI SOUZA

Souza Realty, Bob & Leilani Souza - Real Estate Investment Specialists in Southwest Placer County, CA

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Leilani Souza - 916.408.5500 - leilani@souzarealty.com

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Comments (7)

Steve, Joel & Steve A. Chain
Chain Real Estate Investments & Mortgage, Steve & Joel Chain - Cottonwood, CA

Leilani,

Your cookies look beautiful. The more I see food the more I think of a bicycle ride. lol

SC

Dec 24, 2011 12:56 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Leilani, those cookies look fantastic!!!!!  I am thinking that we would need a QUADRUPLE batch of these as they would not last very long in our family.  ^_~

MERRY CHRISTMAS to the Souzas!!!!

Dec 24, 2011 10:40 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Leilani - I just wanted to stop by and wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  The cookie recipe looks wonderful!

Dec 25, 2011 01:10 AM
Charles Stallions Real Estate Services
Charles Stallions Real Estate Services Inc - Gulf Breeze, FL
Buyers Agent 800-309-3414 Pace and Gulf Breeze,Fl.

Hi Leilani and YUM yummy they look almost edible on the screen. Merry Christmas

Dec 25, 2011 08:27 AM
Pamela Cendejas
Second Self Virtual Assistance - Kingman, AZ
Second Self Virtual Assistance (928) 692-3235

Hi Leilani - Those are so pretty.  I've never tried making them before but will now.  Happy New Year.

Dec 30, 2011 04:22 AM
Bob & Leilani Souza
Souza Realty 916.408.5500 - Roseville, CA
Greater Sacramento Area Homes, Land & Investments

Thank you all for your comments, SteveBruceMyrlJoycePamela and Valerie! I've been lagging way behind on my blog comment replies and reciprocation, so I apologize for the delay. :)

Leilani

P.S. Valerie, when I went to buy the star cookie cutters, I couldn't resist getting the hearts too...so now I'm ready for Valentine's Day! And I even have the red sugar! :)

Jan 23, 2012 08:42 PM