wintery pinecone cookies
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Pretty little dutch chocolate pinecones decorated with sweet almonds! You can take this a step further and dust them with powdered sugar for snow, pipe on tiny lines at the top making pine needles, and pipe a little red bow on the top center edge to make them look more festive. Have fun and enjoy! :D (photo from bing images)
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
30 Min
cook time
10 Min
Ingredients For wintery pinecone cookies
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6 Tbl.butter
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1/3 cupdutch processed cocoa
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1/2 cupsugar
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1/2 cuplight brown sugar
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2eggs
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1 tsp.vanilla
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2 tsp.kahlua, optional
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2 cupsflour
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1/2 tsp.baking powder
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1/2 tsp.salt
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1/4 tsp.baking soda
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light corn syrup
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sliced almonds
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green frosting, optional
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red frosting, optional
How To Make wintery pinecone cookies
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1Melt butter in small saucepan; remove from heat. Add cocoa; blend well. Beat sugar, eggs, kahlua and vanilla in large bowl; blend in cocoa mixture. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to cocoa mixture, beating until smooth. Refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to roll. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. Roll small portion of dough between two pieces of wax paper to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into pine cone shapes using 2 or 2-1/2-inch oval cookie cutter. Place on prepared cookie sheet; lightly brush cookies with corn syrup. Arrange almonds in pine cone fashion; lightly drizzle or brush almonds with corn syrup. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool completely. About 4 dozen cookies.
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2*See second photo for optional decorating ideas. I add a red bow but these look nice, too. - Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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