Sparkling Butter Toffee Cookie Recipe

The 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies!

Presents…

 

Sparkling Butter Toffee Cookies!

My cookies look like they have the measles. Let me explain.

I found this beautiful Sparkling Christmas Cookie recipe over at Recipe Girl’s Blog.

 I thought her recipe would make such a pretty cookie and I thought of my cookie press.  I try to use it every Christmas and this seemed like the perfect cookie.

It didn't even occur to me that it wouldn’t work. Not even when Recipe Girl said  “I used a fork to do the crisscross pattern- the pattern disappears as the cookies are baked.” 

No Bells went off in my head, no whistles, no red flags, nothing.

I was just thinking *Oh how cute these will be*

It was kind of hard to really see the pattern, but needless to say, my stamped design did not turn out at all. They baked right in just as Lori had said.

That’s when I got out the red sparkly sugar. I decided to *dress them up*, make the cookies more festive now that my holiday design disappeared.

I should have left well enough alone. I should have left them all sparkly and white. They  had such a seductive simplicity about them.

So the red sugar baked right into the cookie and just didn’t behave like the white Sparkling sugar. Instead, my cookies look like they have a bad case of the measles.

But what they lack in sparkle, they made up for in taste.

See for yourself!

Please stop by and check at  the Christmas cookies that all my buddies are baking. Tis the season!

1. Barbara from Barbara Bakes
2. April from Abby Sweets
3. Denise from Keeper Worthy Recipes
4. Megan's from My Baking Adventures
5. Kim from Stirring the Pot

SPARKLING BUTTER TOFFEE COOKIES

(printable Recipe)

Found at www.RecipeGirl.com

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¾ cup butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• ½ cup toffee bits
  additional sugar for rolling*

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper (or leave them ungreased).

2. Combine sugar, butter, egg and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often until creamy.

3. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add to wet mixture and beat until well mixed. Stir in toffee bits by hand.

4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar. Place 2-inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Flatten each with bottom of glass to 1½-inch circles (if glass sticks, dip in sugar). Cookies may also be flattened with a fork in a crisscross pattern.

5. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are just lightly browned. Do not overbake. Sprinkle with additional sugar while warm. Cool completely.

Yield: About 3 dozen

*To  make these cookies extra sparkly, use “White Sparkling Sugar”- which can be found in cooking supply stores.