(Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 cup chopped candied cherries, red or green
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, melted
Preparation:
Divide dough into three parts. Add chopped cherries to one part, chopped 1/4 cup of chopped pecans and and melted chocolate to another, and add remaining 1/4 cup of chopped pecans to the third portion or leave plain. Line a small loaf pan with waxed paper; pack chocolate pecan dough into the bottom. Over chocolate pecan dough, pack cherry dough, then the plain or pecan mixture. Cover pan with waxed paper and place in refrigerator to chill thoroughly. When well chilled and hardened, turn out of pan and slice thinly. Place ribbon cookies on a greased baking sheet and bake at 400° for about 10 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown.
Makes about 6 dozen ribbon cookies.
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