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Little Wreaths (Berlinerkranser) Recipe

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Cook Time: 10 Min

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 C. Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
  • 1 C. powdered sugar
  • 2 large hard-boiled egg yolks
  • 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Almond Extract
  • 4 tsps. water
  • 2 1/4 C. all-purpose flour
  • Green colored sugar crystals
  • 12 red candied cherries

Directions

  1. SEPARATE eggs. Beat eggs whites lightly. Chill. Beat shortening and powdered sugar in large bowl on medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Beat in hard-boiled egg yolks, uncooked egg yolks, vanilla, almond extract and water. Beat in flour, 1/4 C. at a time, until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours.
  2. HEAT oven to 350ºF. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Allow dough to stand at room temperature until it becomes easy to handle.
  3. DIVIDE dough into 2 equal portions. Cut each portion into 24 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a 5-inch long rope. Form each rope into wreath or loop 1 1/2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet, overlapping both ends. Brush each wreath with reserved egg white. Sprinkle with colored sugar crystals. Lightly press cherry piece into top of each wreath.
  4. BAKE 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Little Wreaths (Berlinerkranser) Recipe

little-wreaths-berlinerkranser

Cook Time: 10 Min

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 C. Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
  • 1 C. powdered sugar
  • 2 large hard-boiled egg yolks
  • 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Almond Extract
  • 4 tsps. water
  • 2 1/4 C. all-purpose flour
  • Green colored sugar crystals
  • 12 red candied cherries

Directions

  1. SEPARATE eggs. Beat eggs whites lightly. Chill. Beat shortening and powdered sugar in large bowl on medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Beat in hard-boiled egg yolks, uncooked egg yolks, vanilla, almond extract and water. Beat in flour, 1/4 C. at a time, until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours.
  2. HEAT oven to 350ºF. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Allow dough to stand at room temperature until it becomes easy to handle.
  3. DIVIDE dough into 2 equal portions. Cut each portion into 24 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a 5-inch long rope. Form each rope into wreath or loop 1 1/2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet, overlapping both ends. Brush each wreath with reserved egg white. Sprinkle with colored sugar crystals. Lightly press cherry piece into top of each wreath.
  4. BAKE 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

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