Chocolate Star Cookies Food

5 STAR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream together butter, both sugars and vanilla. (When you add vanilla to any recipe, add it to the fat, this being the butter/oil, and the flavor will be more noticeable.).
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Dissovle baking soda in hot water. Add to batter.
• Add salt.
• Slowly add flour.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
• Bake for about 10 minutes or until edges are just brown.
• Take out of oven and leave them sit on the pan for about 2 minutes as they will continue to bake a bit outside of the oven.

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or white a hand mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar, until they are fluffy and completely combined.
• Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
• In a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda.
• Add the flour mixture the the butter mixture a little at a time until it is fully combined. NOTE: do not over mix at this point, or you will have tough cookies!
• Roll the dough into balls a little smaller than the size of a golf ball, it will be 1 heaping tablespoon of dough per cookie. Roll the dough balls in the sugar.Place on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and lightly press 1 star in the middle of each cookie. Place back in the oven for an additional 2 1/2 minutes. (NOTE: You may have to bake the cookies in 2 or 3 batches.)
• Cool the cookies on a cooling rack and then serve!

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. See my blog for step by step photo directions! http://www.inthekitchenwithjenny.com/2013/12/chocolate-star-cookies.html

GRANDMA'S STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice concentrate and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 2 hours., On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a 3-in. star-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until edges are firm, 7-8 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool., For frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, orange juice concentrate, vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired. Frost cookies; decorate as desired.

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar and baking powder. Microwave butter and chocolate in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Add cream cheese; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Refrigerate 30 min.
• Heat oven to 375ºF. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Use 3-inch cookie cutter to cut dough into star shapes, rerolling scraps as necessary.
• Place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets.
• Bake 12 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 3 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

WHITE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt the white star candy and peanut butter together.
• Add all other ingredients and mix together.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper.
• Refrigerate until hardened.

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat overn to 375°.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together Crisco, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla until well mixed.
• Add the flour, baking soda & salt to the mixing bowl and mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Place in preheated oven and bake for 9-11 minutes or until light brown.
• As soon as you remove the cookies from the oven, place a chocolate star on the top of each cookie.

CHOCOLATE STAR COOKIES!

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine butter, light brown sugar, milk and vanilla in a bowl. Beat in peanut butter at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Beat egg into creamed mixture. In a separate bowl combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix into creamed mixture until just blended.
• 2. Pinch off pieces of dough and roll into 1 inch balls. Roll ball in sugar then place on ungreased baking sheet.
• 3. Bake for 10-13 minutes until just starting to color. Remove from oven. Quickly press chocolate stars firmly into the top of each cookie (cookie will crack around edges). Remove to wire racks to cool.