Christmas Ribbon Cookies
Submitted by frick on November 14, 2011 at 9:06 pm

A colorful cookie in three parts, very festive

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup chopped candied cherries
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 ounce milk chocolate, melted
2 tablespoons finely chopped candied ginger

Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture.

Divide dough into 3 parts. Mix the chocolate and nuts into one part and press evenly into the bottom of a waxed paper lined 9x5" loaf pan. Set pan in freezer for a few minutes or until firm. Stir the cherries into the second dough third and press evenly into pan over the chocolate layer. Put back in freezer until second layer is firm. Add nuts or poppy seeds to the remaining dough and press evenly over the cherry layer. Cover pan and chill in the refrigerator until firm.

Remove dough from loaf pan and cut into thin slices (about 1/8 inch). Bake about 10 minutes at 375ºF. Watch closely because they can burn fast, but they should be starting to color around the edges.
Notes: These cookies should be crispy when completely cool. If they are not, they may be sliced too thick, not baked long enough or oven is too hot. Leave some space between them on the cookie sheets--they grow quite a bit. I make my slices across the short side of the loaf (side to side) and then cut that in half for two medium-size cookies.

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Submitted by frick on Mon, 2011-11-14 22:12.
I also like to tint the cherry layer with a drop of red food coloring. The third layer also could be chopped pistachios and tinted green. It's easy to vary the colors and flavors of each layer.

My own version these days is:
layer one: white with ginger
layer two: pink with cherries
layer three: green with pistachios or walnuts

Submitted by leokali123 on Thu, 2011-12-01 00:42.
Divide the dough into 3 parts best gifts for Christmas. Stir the chocolate and nuts in a single press evenly on bottom and parchment paper-lined "9x5 bread pan Christmas gifts for kids. Place the pan with the freezer for a few minutes, or until firm. Mix the cherries in the second, third, and then Press the mixture evenly over chocolate layer. homemade gifts for Christmas

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