Cookie Monsters Cookie-On-a-stick

Preparation time: 25 minutes Baking time: 35 minutes per batch Makes 2 dozen (24) cookies

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Preheat the oven to 300F. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 cup of the flour with the wheat germ. In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-low speed, combine butter and sugar until creamy and well-blended. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla until blended. Gently fold in the flour mixture (in the mixer or by hand with a rubber spatula), a little at a time, until well-mixed. With the help of an adult, sprinkle the remaining flour on your work surface and lightly knead the dough. Roll the dough out to 14-inch thickness. Using 212-inch cookie cutters, cut out cookies. Reroll scraps and repeat. Transfer the cookies to ungreased baking sheets. Carefully insert an ice pop stick halfway up through the bottom of each cookie.

Bake the cookies until lightly browned on the bottoms, about 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer the baking sheet to cooling rack. Let cookies cool completely on sheet. If youd like, prepare the optional decorator icing: In a medium bowl, stir together the egg whites and almond extract until frothy. Gradually stir in confectioners sugar and food coloring, if using, until smooth and stiff. Spoon icing into a piping bag or plastic food storage bag with a tiny corner snipped off diagonally for piping. Press the bag gently to pipe icing around the edge of each cookie or to create patterns on the cookies.

You can bake these like regular cut-out cookies, without the sticks, but on special occasions, its fun for kids to enjoy cookie pops. These buttery cookies contain nutrient-rich wheat germ. Ingredients
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equipment
Small bowl Whisk Measuring cups Measuring spoons Medium bowls (2) Electric mixer Rubber spatula Rolling pin Cookie cutters (212-inch length or diameter) Baking sheets Ice pop sticks Cooling rack
Tip: For icing, you can use vanilla extra lemon extract in place of almond. ct or

112 cups all-purpose flour 2 cup toasted wheat germ

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1 cup butter, slightly softened 2 cup confectioners sugar

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1 egg yolk
1 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Decorating Icing (optional)

2 tablespoons pasteurized liquid egg whites

1 4 teaspoon almond extract

But bakers dozen means 13. Cowabunga! But do not eat stick. Not tasty.

1 to 112 cups confectioners sugar Food coloring (optional)

There are 12 cookies in a dozen.

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