Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Minty Creme Oat Bran Cookies

Minty Creme Oat Bran Cookies 



Ingredients: 


Wafers:
2 C. All purpose flour 
1 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder 
1 C. Granulated sugar 
1/2 C. Butter 
1 Egg
1/2 C. Oat bran
1 tsp. Vanilla

Icing:
10 Peppermint candies, crushed finely
1/2 C. Cream cheese
2 C. Icing sugar
1 tsp. Milk
1 tsp. Lemon juice


Directions:


Wafers:
1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
2.  Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside
3.  Blend flour and baking powder together in a small bowl. Set aside
4.  Mix butter and sugar together with a pastry blender to cut butter into fine particles
5.  Add egg and vanilla to butter/sugar mixture and beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy
6.  Mix in oat bran and flour/baking powder mixture to form a smooth dough that comes away from the sides of the mixing bowl.
7.  Refrigerate dough for a half hour and then roll out on a floured surface to a half inch thickness. Cut rounds with a small lid and place on cookie sheet 2 inches apart
8.  Bake cookies in preheated oven for 8 minutes until lightly browned
9.  Remove cookies from oven and place on a wire rack to cool completely before icing.

Icing:
1.  Mix crushed peppermint candies and cream cheese together in a medium size bowl
2.  Add icing sugar to cream cheese mixture and stir to form a thick hard icing
3.  Stir in the milk and lemon juice to make a spreadable icing for cookies
4.  On the underside of one cookie place a small amount with a teaspoon and twirl the spoon to centre the icing on the base of the cookie. Place another bottom side of a cookie together and press together to spread icing in the middle of the cookie
5.  Refrigerate cookies to set the icing firmly for each sandwich cookie

Servings:  Makes 22 sandwich cookies




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