Poinsettia Cookies
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 - 3:35am

Ingredients




1 cup butter or margarine - (2 1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 egg beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
Red decorating sugar for garnish

Preparation

1 Cream butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Add confectioners' sugar; beat well. Beat in the egg and extracts. Blend in the flour and salt. Form the dough into two disks and wrap them in plastic. Chill the dough well. 2 Remove one disk from the refrigerator. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 1 1/2-inch squares, then cut from each corner of the square almost to the center. Turn over every other cut point to the center and press gently, forming a pinwheel (or poinsettia). Sprinkle the center of each with red sugar. Repeat with the second disk of dough. 3 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the cookies on greased baking sheets and bake until very lightly golden, about 8 to 10 minutes. 4 This recipe yields about 5 dozen cookies. 5 Comments: I always include these in 'cookie boxes' I make for relatives who can't bake anymore. 6 12-09-2001" 7 Yield: 60 cookies