Animal Cookies

Animal Cookies
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Heat oven to 350º. Beat sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl
with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in
remaining ingredients. (If dough is too soft to shape, cover and
refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.)
Shape dough by 2 tablespoonfuls into slightly flattened balls and
ropes. Arrange on ungreased cookie sheet to form animals as desired.
Use small pieces of dough for facial features if desired. Bake about 10
to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove from cookie
sheet to wire rack.

Anise Biscotti
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
2 teaspoons anise seed -- ground
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
2 eggs
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Heat oven to 350º. Beat sugar, butter, anise seed, lemon peel and
eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with
spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients. Divide dough in half. Shape each
half into rectangle, 10 × 3 inches, on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Cool on cookie sheet 15 minutes. Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch
slices. Turn slices cut sides down on cookie sheet.
Bake about 15 minutes or until crisp and light brown. Remove from
cookie sheet to wire rack.
Applesauce-Granola Cookies
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1/2 cup applesauce
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granola
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Heat oven to 375º. Beat brown sugar, shortening, vanilla and egg in
large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
Stir in applesauce. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until almost no
indentation remains when touched in center. Cool 1 to 2 minutes;
remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Apricot-Cherry Bars
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 package yellow cake mix
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup cut-up dried apricots
1/2 cup drained chopped maraschino cherries
Powdered sugar
Heat oven to 375º. Grease and flour jelly roll pan, 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 ×
1 inch. Beat half of the cake mix (dry), the water, butter, brown sugar
and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until
smooth, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining cake mix, the apricots
and cherries. Spread evenly in pan.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut into 6 rows
by 5 rows.