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Colette


Date: Fri Nov 19 8:33 AM, 2004



 Pretty Two Tone Leaf Cookies

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Ingredients:
1 cup butterscotch chips
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 egg
3 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa




Preparation Directions:
1. In small saucepan, melt butterscotch chips over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth.
2. In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, margarine and melted chips; beat until smooth. Add milk, vanilla and egg; blend well. Add flour; mix well. Divide dough in half. To half of dough, stir in cocoa until well blended. Wrap each half of dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
3. Heat oven to 375°F. On well-floured surface, roll out each half of dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Refrigerate cutouts 15 minutes. Using small leaf-shaped cookie cutter, cut out center of each round cutout; replace with center of opposite color.
4. Bake at 375°F. for 5 to 8 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.


Yield:
5 dozen cookies


 


High Altitude: (Above 3500 Ft.)
Increase flour to 3 1/2 cups. Bake as directed above