1993 3rd Place: Empires Recipe

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   Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl of electric mixer till light and fluffy.

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   Slowly add in flour and blend well.

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   Remove from bowl and knead till shiny.

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   Divide dough in half; wrap in wax paper.

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   Chill dough till it is hard sufficient to roll, several hrs or possibly longer.

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   Let dough soften slightly on counter if too hard to roll.

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   Heat oven to 325 degrees.

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    Roll dough between two sheets of floured wax paper or possibly flatten dough with floured hands to 1/4-inch thickness on a floured surface.

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    Use cookie cutters to make shapes.

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    Transfer to ungreased baking sheets.

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    Bake only till slightly golden brown, 5 to 7 min.

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    Let cold on cookie sheets just long sufficient to hard cookies and then remove to wire racks to cold completely.

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    To assemble, spread half of the cookies with a small amount of jam and sandwich with another cookie.

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    Put confectioners' sugar into a small bowl and drizzle in just sufficient lowfat milk to make a thin glaze.

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    Frost cookies lightly with the glaze and sprinkle with colored sugar.

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    Let stand till glaze hardens.

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    This delicate cookie by Keith and Teresa Duncan of Batavia tied for third place.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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