Deep In The Heart Of Texas Sugar Cookies Recipes

TEXAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Toast the pecans (if you haven't already) by laying them on a cookie sheet and baking for about 8to 10 minutes. Chop them.
• Line a 9 inch square pan with foil and spray foil with cooking spray or rub with butter.
• Thoroughly mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Cream the butter and sugar on high speed. Reduce speed slightly and beat in the egg. Add the vanilla. Add the flour mixture and stir until it's blended in.
• Spread the mixture evenly in the pan. Sprinkle with nuts and most of the chocolate chips. Bake for about 20 minutes or until cookies are almost set. Do not overbake.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle remaining chips over hot bars. Let cool completely. Lift foil from pan, set bars on a cookie sheet and score into 12 or 16 bars.

DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Crush the hard candy fairly fine.
• Beat powdered sugar and butter.
• Mix in vanilla, almond extract and egg.
• Sift together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Mix into creamed mixture.
• Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
• Tape (2) paint stir sticks, the width of your rolling pin, on to parchment paper. Stir sticks gives you even thickness of about 1/8 inch thick.
• Tape the paper to your counter.
• Place a piece of dough on the paper, cover with another piece of parchment paper and roll.
• If the dough sticks use powdered sugar on the rolling surface.
• It is best not to get it on top of the cookie if you are going to glaze, because it makes the top of the cookie puffy where the sugar was.
• Use a 3 ½ inch Texas shaped cookie cutter, then use a 1 inch heart shaped cutter.
• Place cookies on a foil lined cookie sheet.
• Spoon it in the heart spaces. Use as much as you want, but not over the top of the Texas shape cookie.
• You can sprinkle the cookie with sugar before baking or may glaze after completely cooled.
• Bake at 375° F for 7 to 8 minutes or until edges or golden.
• Let your stained glass cookies cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
• Cool completely before glazing.
• WHITE GLAZE: Mix all ingredients until smooth or desired brushing consistency.