Spumoni Cookies

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SPUMONI COOKIES

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Serving Size : 78 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies Holiday

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 c Butter, softened
1/2 c Sugar
1 t Vanilla
1 Egg
2 1/4 c Flour
1/4 c Chopped pistachios or
- toasted almonds
6 dr Green food coloring
1 oz Unweetened chocolate
- melted and cooled
2 tb Finely chopped marschino
- cherries, drained
1/2 ts Salt

Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Stir in flour and salt. Divide dough
into 3 equal parts. Mix nuts and food coloring in one part. Mix chocolate
into 1 part; mix cherries into remaining part. Line bottom and ends of loaf
pan (9x5x3) with aluminum foil, allowing ends of foil to extend 5-inches
over each end of pan. Pless nut dough evenly in bottom of pan. Press
chocolate dough on top of nut dough. Press cherry dough on top of
chocolate dough. Cover dough with extended ends of foil. Refrigerate at
least 2 hours but no longer than six weeks. Heat oven to 375øF. Remove foil
& dough from pan; remeove foil. Cut dough crosswise into 1/4-inch slices;
cut each slice into half. Place about 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie
sheet. Bake cookies until set, about 10 minutes. Immediately remove from
cookie sheet.

Betty Crocker Cookbook



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