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Flower Cookies

(Makes 12)

Ingredients:
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, softened
1/4 cup soft brown sugar, packed
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
12 bite-sized candy bars (without nuts)
12 wooden craft sticks

Petals and Frosting
Ingredients:
15 large marshmallows
2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
4 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
Food coloring

 

Directions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, stir the butter and sugar together until light and creamy.
  3. Add the flour and mix well.  Form the dough into a ball in the bowl with your hands.  If the dough is sticky,
    add more flour, one tablespoon at a time.
  4. Unwrap the candy bars and insert a stick into the side of each candy bar.
  5. Place a heaped tablespoon of dough in the palm of your hand.  Flatten it into a round and place one
    of the candies on a stick in the center of the dough.  Wrap the dough completely around the candy. 
    Repeat with the other candy pops.  
  6. Place them on a lined (parchment or foil) cookie sheet and slightly flatten each with the palm of your hand.
  7. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the edges are golden.  Cool completely on a wire rack.
  8. Wash a pair of scissors and dry them.  Snip each marshmallow into 4 slices to form the petals. 
  9. Make the frosting by creaming the butter with an electric mixer until soft and creamy.  Gradually add confectioners sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed.  Add the vanilla and milk and
    continue beating until light and fluffy.  Divide the frosting into 2 small bowls, tint one with yellow food coloring and the other any color.
  10. Spread some frosting over the face of each cookie.
  11. Carefully press marshmallow slices into the frosting to look like flower petals.
  12. Spoon the remaining yellow frosting into a small ziplock bag and close securely.  Cut a small corner of the bag with scissors and squeeze some icing into the center of the flower.
 
     
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