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Prep Time: 35 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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Capture the spirit of Hawaiian hospitality with this sweet make-ahead lei that even kids can help assemble. Start with packaged butter cookies, frost them to create brilliant blooms, then thread them on shoestring licorice to resemble a traditional floral necklace. Ingredients:
1-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar |
4-1/2 to 6 teaspoons water |
3/4 teaspoon light corn syrup |
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract |
purple and deep pink gel or paste food coloring |
21 butter cookies with cutout centers |
yellow colored sugar |
1 piece shoestring licorice (30 inches) |
Directions:
1. In a bowl, beat the confectioners' sugar, water, corn syrup and vanilla until smooth. Evenly divide frosting among three bowls. Tint one purple and one pink; leave the remaining frosting white. Frost cookie tops. Immediately dip the white frosted cookies in colored sugar. Let stand, uncovered, until dry, about 6 hours.
2. String cookies onto licorice piece, forming a lei. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 21 cookies (1 lei.).
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