Pink Sweeties Pretty Pink Almond Cookies Food

SWEETIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time; add almond extract. Fold in dry ingredients. Sprinkle a small amount of food coloring into batter and gently swirl with a knife. Chill one hour.
• 2. Drop by spoonfuls on baking sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Note: They will not look done (do not over bake). Glaze while cookies are hot. Add colored sugar spinkles if desired.
• 3. Glaze: Mix together 1 cup of powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tbs. melted butter, 1 to 2 tbs. of milk, and 1/2 tsp. almond extract. Add more sugar or milk if needed for drizzling consistancy.

SWEETIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream margarine and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add almond extract, flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Add a few drops of red food coloring to the dough and swirl through mixture. Do not over mix. Chill dough thoroughly.
• Roll chilled dough into balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Flatten balls slightly. Bake for exactly 10 minutes. While cookies are baking, mix together the glaze ingredients. Glaze cookies while warm.

PINK COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the cake mix,vegetable oil,eggs,and water in a large bowl and mix well.
• Fold in the chocolate chunks.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto a ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

CHRISTMAS CARDAMOM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small bowl combine flour baking powder and cardamon.
• In a large bowl beat butter until softened, add sugar beat until fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla to butter mixture, mix well.
• Gradually add flour mixture into butter mixture, beating till well mixed.
• Divide dough into thirds.
• Stir red food color into 1 third, green into another third, leave remaining third plain.
• Cover each and refrigerate 1 hour.
• Take a pinch of each color dough to make 1 1/2 inch ball.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Flatten to 1/4 inch thick with a glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake 8 minutes at 350, until egde is just starting to become golden color.
• Remove and cool on rack.

PINK PANTHER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream Sweet'N Low, sugar and butter.
• Add egg, vanilla, food color and blend.Beat at medium speed, add dry ingredients and combine.
• Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill at least three hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• Remove cookie dough and divide in half. On well floured surface roll out to about 1/8" thick. Cut into desired shape using a cookie cutter or knife.
• Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet 8 - 10 minutes or until edges are lightly brown. Cool 2 minutes before removing to a rack.

PINK ALMOND PARTY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 2 (9- or 8-inch) round cake pans with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients, including 2 teaspoons almond extract and 6 drops food color, as directed on box. Pour into pans.
• Bake as directed on box for 9- or 8-inch rounds pans or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave candy coating uncovered on High 1 minute, stirring twice, until melted and smooth. Stir in 2 teaspoons oil. Spoon about half the melted coating into another bowl; stir in 2 or 3 drops food color to tint it light pink.
• Line 6-ounce custard cup or other small bowl with foil. Pour half of the untinted coating into foil-lined bowl. Drop half of the pink coating on top; pull a knife through coatings to make marbled design. Repeat with remaining untinted and tinted coatings, adding on top of marbled coatings. Refrigerate about 20 minutes or until set; remove from refrigerator. (If refrigerated longer, let stand at room temperature 10 minutes to soften.).
• In large bowl, beat butter, shortening, 1 teaspoon almond extract, the powdered sugar and 4 tablespoons of the milk with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Beat on medium speed, adding enough of the remaining 1 tablespoon milk until fluffy and spreadable.
• Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate; frost top. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake.
• Remove coating from bowl; peel off foil. With vegetable peeler, make urls by pulling peeler around the outside edge of block of coating. Place curls on top of cake.