Fairy Dusted Sugar Cookies

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   Melt one stick butter. Add to mixing bowl with sugars and beat.

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   Cut other stick of butter into small pieces. Add to butter/sugar mixture and beat until light colored, scraping sides occasionally. Add eggs and vanilla and beat again until batter is smooth.

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   Add flour, salt, and baking soda and mix to blend evenly.

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   This step is very important: Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour.

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   Roll or scoop dough into walnut size balls. Coat with turbinado sugar, then with fairy dust. Do not flatten.

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   Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool.

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   Notes: When using dusts made from acidic things, like fruit or coffee, the cookies tend to spread a little more. They need an extra minute or so in the oven. Cookies with lemon zest, ground snack foods, or with just turbinado don't spread as much and come out done in 10 minutes. Try to bake cookies in groups with similar types of dust. If you desire a cookie with more crumb and less chew (a little bit cakier), then add 1/4 tsp baking powder along with the other dry ingredients..

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   Combine 2 Tbsp sugar with either a small handful of the freeze dried fruit, 2 Tbsp coffee beans or 1 Tbsp lemon zest in a coffee or spice grinder. Grind to fine powder. Remove to small bowl.

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   Some items grind well on their own and don't need added sugar. These include cereal and chips.

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    For sea salt or other spices, on can mix with sugar or just evenly distribute and press some into top of ball before cooking. You should feel free to change the proportions of sugar to your chosen item.

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    The dusts shown in the picture are (clockwise from upper left): lemon, strawberry, coffee, green tea, sea salt, and blueberry.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.