Cookie Trio Recipe 445

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°F. 2. Beat butter, shortening and sugar until well blended. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir together 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture. 3. Divide dough mixture into halves. Add remaining 2 tablespoons flour to one half and cocoa to the other half, blending well. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. (Roll together a pinch of vanilla dough and a pinch of chocolate dough for marbled cookies.) Place balls on ungreased cookie sheets. 4. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until cookies are set. Remove from oven to wire rack. Cool 1 minute. Press candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool completely. Makes about 48 cookies.

Steps:

• Enjoy these cookies inspired by delicious langues-de-chat, delicate French tea cookies. I love these with coffee, tea, or even with rich hot chocolate - perfect for dipping as you sip! Or, you could even dip the cookies into melted chocolate or caramel.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add the butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium-high speed until creamy, about 1 minute.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. On the lowest speed, gradually add the flour mixture into the butter mixture, just until blended. Divide the batter into 3 bowls, and gently stir in the different zests among the bowls, making 3 citrus flavored batters.
• Scrape each batter into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch tip, or a sturdy plastic bag with the corner snipped off. Pipe 2-inch long strips, about 2 inches apart, on a cold unlined baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until golden brown. Repeat with the other batches.
• Remove from the oven, and let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before removing with a spatula to cool completely on baking rack. Serve with tea or coffee, or just nibble...addictive!
• Cook's Note: To butter cookie purists: these are also delicious without the zest!
• *Note: This recipe has been updated as of December 8, 2009.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add the margarine, vegan cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium-high speed until creamy, about 1 minute. (The mixture will look a little separated at this point. No worries, it comes together - scrape down the sides of the bowl.)
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. On the lowest speed, gradually add the flour mixture into the butter mixture, just until blended. Divide the batter into 3 bowls, and gently stir in the different zests among the bowls, making 3 citrus flavored batters.
• Scrape each batter into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch tip, or a sturdy plastic bag with the corner snipped off. Pipe 2-inch long strips about 2-inches apart on a cold unlined baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until golden brown. Repeat with the other batches.
• Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before removing with a spatula to cool completely on baking rack. Serve with tea or coffee, or just nibble...addictive!
• *Note: This recipe has been updated as of December 8, 2009.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 175° C.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Add the olive oil, eggs and vanilla extract and continue to whisk.
• Fold in the flour, baking powder, soda and salt until fully combined.
• Place the dough in the fridge for at least an hour.
• After an hour, retrieve the dough and divide into 3 equal parts.
• Add the cocoa powder to one part, chocolate chips to another and the sprinkles to the final part.
• Divide each third into 30 pieces.
• Create one cookie by making a dough ball with one piece of dough from each flavor. Place on greased cookie sheet, repeat with remaining dough, and space cookies 2 cm apart.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool, 5-10 minutes.
• Serve.