Page 30 - Highlights for Children (December 2017)

“Stained Glass”

Cookies Ask an

adult to help
Make art with anything

sharp or hot.
you can eat!

Mix It
1. In a large mixing bowl or food processor, beat
together one stick of cold butter (sliced), ½ cup
of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
2. Add one egg. Mix well.
3. Add 1½ cups of white flour and ½ cup of
arrowroot flour. Mix on medium-low (or use
your hands) until the dough feels like play clay.
Shape It

1. Put a ball of the dough on a work surface
covered with non-stick parchment paper.
(Wrap unused dough in parchment paper
and refrigerate until you need it.)
2. Cover the dough with parchment paper
so the rolling pin won’t stick. Roll out the
dough to ¼ inch thick.
3. Use a big cookie cutter to cut a shape.
Move the shape to parchment paper
placed on a cookie sheet.
4. Use a small cookie cutter to cut a small
shape from the big one. Remove the
small shape.
5. Continue cutting big shapes, moving
them to the paper, then cutting out
smaller shapes.
6. Bake at 375°F for about 7 minutes.
MINI Remove from the oven.
Cookie Burgers! Fill It

Bake the cutout pieces, 1. Stir 1 teaspoon of powdered gelatin
into 2 to 3 tablespoons of all-fruit jam.
and add jam. 2. Spoon a little of the mixture into the
opening in each cookie, just to the edges.
3. Bake for 4 more minutes. Let cool
completely until the jam gels.
4. Gently peel the cookies from the paper.
Serve plain, or decorate with icing.

30 DECEMBER 2017 Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.