Filled Star Cookies
- 2 cups Crisco All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 12 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 large egg yolks
- 13 cup orange juice
- 4 12 cups Pillsbury BEST All Purpose Flour
- 12 teaspoon salt
- Smucker's Orchard's Finest Pacific Mountain Strawberry Preserves
- powdered sugar
- BEAT shortening, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer until blended.
- Beat in egg yolks and orange juice.
- Combine flour and salt.
- Mix in gradually until dough is soft.
- Add more flour if needed.
- Wrap in wax paper or plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- HEAT oven to 350 degrees F.
- ROLL out half of chilled dough at a time to about 1/4-inch thickness on a floured surface.
- Cut using a star cutter.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Cut out centers of half the stars using a small round cutter.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Keep chilled until ready to use.
- BAKE 10 to 12 minutes.
- Cool on cookie sheets for 1 minute.
- Place on cooling racks to cool completely.
- Spread whole stars with preserves.
- Place stars with centers cut out on top.
- Sift with powdered sugar.
sugar, vanilla, egg yolks, orange juice, flour, salt, strawberry preserves, powdered sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/filled-star-cookies-488008 (may not work)