Christmas Stars Recipe

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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
72
Calories
Total time
75
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar , plus
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • yellow food coloring

Directions:

  1. In medium bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. Beat in egg, corn syrup, lemon extract and lemon rind until well-blended.
  3. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour and salt.
  4. Gather dough into 2 balls and flatten each into a disk and wrap in plastic.
  5. Refrigerate at least one hour or overnight.
  6. Soften dough a bit at room temperature before rolling out.
  7. Heat oven to 325 and lightly grease two baking sheets.
  8. Roll out dough between two sheets of waxed paper to 1/4 thickness.
  9. Cut out cookies with a 2 1/2 satar cookie cutter.
  10. Bake 12 - 15 minutes (until lightly browned).
  11. Cool cookies on baking sheets for 5 minutes and then transfer to wire racks.
  12. For glaze: whisk together confectioner's sugar and lemon juice.
  13. Divide the glaze into two bowls and tint one with yellow food coloring.
  14. One cookie at a time, spread either the white or the yellow glaze onto the cookie.
  15. Using a toothpick, drag the alternate color of glaze through the wet cookie to make wispy designs.
  16. Dip edges of cookie into sugar crystals.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 72.23 Kcal (302 kJ)
Calories from fat 22.4 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.49g 4%
Cholesterol 11.02mg 4%
Sodium 10.34mg 0%
Potassium 9.07mg 0%
Total Carbs 11.87g 4%
Sugars 7.42g 30%
Dietary Fiber 0.17g 1%
Protein 0.75g 2%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Iron 0.1mg 0%
Calcium 2.3mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 403.29 Kcal (1688 kJ)
Calories from fat 125.08 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.9g 4%
Cholesterol 61.55mg 4%
Sodium 57.75mg 0%
Potassium 50.64mg 0%
Total Carbs 66.26g 4%
Sugars 41.41g 30%
Dietary Fiber 0.92g 1%
Protein 4.19g 2%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 1%
Iron 0.5mg 0%
Calcium 13.1mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.6
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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