CREAM CHEESE CUTOUTS
1 C. butter
3 oz. cream cheese
1 C. sugar
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
2 1/2 C. all purpose flour
1/4 t. salt
In large mixing bowl cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and salt...gradually add to creamed mixture until blended. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours to overnight. On lightly floured surface roll dough to 1/8" thickness. Cut out cookies and lay on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 375 for 7-8 minutes.
ROYAL ICING
5 T. meringue powder
1 pound confectioners sugar
1/2 C. water
beat together on low speed for 5-7 minutes until thick.
CREME DE MENTHE BROWNIES
2 sticks butter - softened and divided
1 C. sugar
4 eggs beaten
1 C. flour
1/2 t. salt
1 (16 oz) can hershey chocolate syrup
1 t. vanilla
2 C. sifted confectioners sugar
2 T. creme de menthe
1 C. chocolate chips
6 T. butter
Cream 1 stick butter and sugar. Add eggs, flour, salt and chocolate syrup and vanilla. Blend well. Pour into greased 13X9X2 greased pan. Bake 350 for 22 minutes. Cool in pan. Mix confectioners sugar, 1 stick butter and creme de menthe until fluffy. Spread over COOLED brownies. Combine chocolate chips and butter in glass measuring cup and nuke on high 1-3 minutes or until melted. Remove and stir WELL until completely blended. Cool until thickened. Spread over creme de menthe layer. Chill brownies before cutting into squares.
What can I say here....arent they beautiful? Super easy. I bought the printed wafer paper from "fancyflours.com" and made sugar cookies and used light corn syrup to adhere to cookie. It is the 12 days of Christmas. I have been a baking fool. OK....I think I may call it a night - or find something to blog about - like the madness of my phone, or computer, or television, or home....need I go on?
Until next time....
