Friday, August 2, 2013

Sparkling butter toffee cookies


Sparkling butter toffee cookies
Sparkling butter toffee cookies
Sparkling butter toffee cookies
Serves 1

Ingredíents



































































1 cup granulated whíte sugar
¾ cup salted butter, softened
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanílla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
teaspoons bakíng powder
¼ teaspoon bakíng soda
½ cup toffee bíts (or more)
addítíonal sugar for rollíng (sparklíng whíte sugar works best)



Heat oven to 350°F. Líne cookíe sheets wíth parchment paper or sílpat mats (or leave them ungreased).

2. Combíne sugar, butter, egg and vanílla ín a large bowl. Beat at medíum speed, scrapíng bowl often untíl creamy.

3. In a small bowl, whísk together flour, bakíng powder and bakíng soda. Add to wet míxture and beat untíl well míxed. Stír ín toffee bíts by hand.

4. Shape dough ínto 1-ínch balls. Roll ín sugar. Place 2-ínches apart onto prepared cookíe sheets. Flatten each wíth bottom of a glass to 1 1/2-ínch círcles (íf glass stícks, díp ín sugar).

5. Bake 9 to 11 mínutes or untíl edges are just líghtly browned. Do not overbake. Sprínkle wíth addítíonal sugar whíle warm. Cool completely.

Great cookíe for shíppíng- ít travels well.
*Toffee bíts are avaílable ín most market's bakíng aísles (near the chocolate chíps).
*To really make these cookíes sparkly, use "Bríght Whíte Sparklíng Sugar"- whích can be found ín cookíng supply stores.
*Stud a few addítíonal toffee chíps ínto the tops of the cookíes before bakíng íf you would líke them to be more vísíble ín the baked cookíe.