wintery pinecone cookies
Pretty little dutch chocolate pinecones decorated with sweet almonds! You can take this a step further and dust them with powdered sugar for snow, pipe on tiny lines at the top making pine needles, and pipe a little red bow on the top center edge to make them look more festive. Have fun and enjoy! :D (photo from bing images)
prep time
30 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
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yield
About 4 dozen
Ingredients
- 6 Tbl. - butter
- 1/3 cup - dutch processed cocoa
- 1/2 cup - sugar
- 1/2 cup - light brown sugar
- 2 - eggs
- 1 tsp. - vanilla
- 2 tsp. - kahlua, optional
- 2 cups - flour
- 1/2 tsp. - baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. - salt
- 1/4 tsp. - baking soda
- - light corn syrup
- - sliced almonds
- - green frosting, optional
- - red frosting, optional
How To Make wintery pinecone cookies
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Step 1Melt butter in small saucepan; remove from heat. Add cocoa; blend well. Beat sugar, eggs, kahlua and vanilla in large bowl; blend in cocoa mixture. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to cocoa mixture, beating until smooth. Refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to roll. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. Roll small portion of dough between two pieces of wax paper to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into pine cone shapes using 2 or 2-1/2-inch oval cookie cutter. Place on prepared cookie sheet; lightly brush cookies with corn syrup. Arrange almonds in pine cone fashion; lightly drizzle or brush almonds with corn syrup. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool completely. About 4 dozen cookies.
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Step 2*See second photo for optional decorating ideas. I add a red bow but these look nice, too. - Last Step: Don't forget to share! Post a picture of your finished recipe here and on your favorite social network. Don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes!
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