Danish Cookie Rings (vanille Kranse)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup blanched almond
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, cut into small pieces
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 8 candied red cherries
• 16 green glazed cherries

Recipe

• 1 grease cookie sheets; set aside.
• 2 process almonds in food processor until ground, but not pasty.
• 3 place almonds, flour, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl.
• 4 cut butter into flour mixture with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is crumbly.
• 5 beat egg, milk and vanilla in a small bowl with a fork until well blended.
• 6 add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir until soft dough forms.
• 7 spoon dough into a pastry bag fitted with medium star tip.
• 8 pipe 3-inch rings 2-inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
• 9 refrigerate rings 15 minutes or until firm.
• 10 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 11 cut each cherry in half. cut each red cherry half into quarters; cut each green cherry half into 4 slivers.
• 12 press red cherry quarter onto each ring where ends meet.
• 13 arrange 2 green cherry slivers on either side of red cherry to form leaves.
• 14 bake 8-10 minutes or until golden.
• 15 remove cookies to wire racks; cool completely.
• 16 store tightly covered at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.