Blue Ribbon
The blue ribbon recipes are no doubt award winning recipes because they are very delicious. Almond thumbprint cookies, butter crisps and chocolate covered cherry cookies rise above the rest. Below are the 3 award winning recipes so you can prepare at home:
1. 1986 Winner: Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients:
Cookies
- 2 c all-purpose flour,Sifted
- 1/2 c Sugar
- 1/4 t Salt
- 1 c Butter
- 3/4 c unblanched almonds,Grated
- 2 t Vanilla
Frosting
- 6 T Butter
- 1/3 c Half-and-half
- 2/3 c brown sugar,Packed
- 2 c Confectioners'sugar
- 1/2 t Vanilla
- pistachio nuts, Chopped For garnish
Directions:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. For cookies, sift flour, sugar and salt into bowl. Cut in 1 cup butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Blend in almonds and vanilla. Work mixture with fingers until a ball of dough is formed. Then shape into 1-inch balls.
- Place balls on greased cookie sheets; make a depression in center of each cookie. Bake about 8 minutes; remove from oven. Dent again and bake about 8 minutes longer; cool.
- For frosting, blend 6 tablespoons butter, half-and-half and brown sugar in saucepan. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Cool about 15 minutes, then stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth and thick.
- Fill depressions in cookies with butterscotch frosting and sprinkle frosting with nuts.
2. 1986 Winner: Butter Crisps
Ingredients:
- 3/4 c Unsalted butter, at room Temperature
- 1 c Granulated sugar
- 3 Egg yolks
- 1 1/2 t lemon rind, Grated
- 1 1/2 t Lemon juice
- 1 1/2 t Cherry liqueur, (Kirsch)
- 1/8 t Salt
- 2 c All-purpose flour Colored sugar crystals or Plain pearl sugar crystals
Directions:
- Beat butter, sugar, egg yolks, lemon rind, lemon juice, cherry liqueur and salt in large mixer bowl. Stir in the flour. Shape into ball; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough 1/8-inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Cut into desired shapes. Place on greased baking sheet; sprinkle with sugar crystals. Bake 10 minutes (cookies should not brown). Cool on wire racks.
- Store in airtight container 2 days to develop flavor. Cookies can be stored in airtight container at room temperature up to 6 weeks or in freezer up to 2 months. Recipe from Debbie Vanni of Libertyville, Illinois. From the Chicago Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 4, 1986
3. 1986 Winner: Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 C Flour
- 1/2 C Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 T Salt
- 1/4 T Baking powder
- 1/4 T Baking soda
- 1/2 C Butter (or margarine,) Softened
- 1 C Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 1/2 t Vanilla
- 48 Maraschino cherries Frosting
- 6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 C Sweetened condensed milk
- Cherry juice (4 to 5 tsp)
Directions:
- In bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda. In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla to butter-sugar mixture and beat well. Gradually add dry ingredients to butter-sugar mixture and beat until well blended.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and push down center of each ball with thumb. Drain cherries and reserve juice. Place 1 cherry in center of each indentation. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- For frosting, put chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in small saucepan. Heat until chocolate melts. Stir in 4 teaspoons cherry juice. If too thick, add more juice.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry. Spread to cover cherry. Bake 10 minutes or until done. Do not overcook. Remove to wire rack and cool. The cookies freeze nicely.
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