Egg-Ceptional Easter Cookies These egg-shaped chocolate chip cookies can be festively decorated with colored frosting for a sweet Easter treat. Estimated TimesPreparation Time20 mins.Cooking Time10 mins.Cooling Time15 mins. 2cups all-purpose flour 1teaspoon baking powder 1/4teaspoon salt 1cup granulated sugar 1/2cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened 2teaspoons vanilla extract 1large egg 2cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, divided 1container or more prepared vanilla frosting 2or more food coloring choices NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels PREHEAT oven to 350°F. COMBINE flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Beat sugar, butter and vanilla extract in a large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in 1 cup morsels. Press enough dough into greased and floured tablespoon to make slightly rounded. Invert onto ungreased baking sheets. Continue with remaining dough. BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or just until golden around edges. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. TO COLOR FROSTING: STIR food coloring into small amounts of frosting until desired color. For deep colored frosting, use paste colors available in cake decorating shops. TO PIPE FROSTING: USE pastry bag fitted with small, plain or fluted tip, heavy-duty plastic bag with tiny corner snipped off or plastic squeeze bottle with small tip. TO DECORATE COOKIES: FROST tops with white or colored frosting. Decorate as desired with remaining morsels, piped frosting and colored sugars. Yields 24 cookies
Life is short,Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly: Laugh uncontrollably,and never regret anything that made you smile... ~*~Angelique~*~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
