Buttery Cookie Flowers

• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Assorted spring-colored decorator sugars
• Jelly beans or other small candies, if desired
• Yellow or white icing pen or decorator icing, if desired

1. Heat oven to 375F.
2. Spray 36 mini muffin pan cups lightly with no-stick cooking spray; set aside.
3. Combine butter, sugar and egg in bowl.
4. Beat at medium speed until creamy.
5. Add orange juice and vanilla.
6. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
7. Add flour and baking powder; beat at low speed until well mixed.
8. Shape dough into 36 (about 1 1/4-inch) balls.
9. Roll in decorator sugars.
10. Place into prepared muffin pan cups.
11. Refrigerate 10 minutes or until firm.
12. Cut each ball almost in half, using kitchen scissors (do not cut all the way through).
13. Cut each half into 3 petals.
14. Bake 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set in center and tips are just beginning to brown.
15. Cool 5 minutes in muffin cups; remove to cooling rack.
16. Attach jelly beans to centers of cookies with small amount of icing, if desired.

butter, sugar, egg, orange juice, vanilla, allpurpose, baking powder, springcolored decorator sugars, beans, decorator icing

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3777/buttery-cookie-flowers (may not work)