Cookies Around The World 1 Of 5

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate piece
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup candied red cherries, finely chopped
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/2-2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 basic cookie dough.
• 2 cream butter and sugar.
• 3 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 4 add flour slowly and mix well.
• 5 divide in two.
• 6 english toffee bars.
• 7 preheat oven to 375°.
• 8 grease oblong pan 13 x 9.
• 9 to 1/2 cookie dough, mix in oats and brown sugar.
• 10 dough will be crumbly.
• 11 pat into prepared pan evenly.
• 12 bake 15 minutes-no imprint will remain when touched lightly.
• 13 remove from oven.
• 14 sprinkle immediately with chocolate pieces evenly.
• 15 place another baking sheet over pan to soften chocolate.
• 16 spread chocolate evenly.
• 17 sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped nuts.
• 18 while warm, cut into 1 1/2-inch diamond shapes.
• 19 french cherrie cakes.
• 20 add cherries to 1/2 basic dough. i added a few drops of red food color to the dough.
• 21 cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• 22 heat oven to 375°.
• 23 roll dough to 1/4-inch on well-floured cloth coverd board.
• 24 cut into 2-inch circles or scalloped rounds.
• 25 cut small hole in center of half the rounds.
• 26 bake on ungreased baking sheet 8-10 minutes or until very light brown.
• 27 cool.
• 28 for almond filling blend confectioners sugar, almond extract, milk and food color.
• 29 spread on whole rounds.
• 30 place round with hole in it on top.