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    Caramel Apple Cookies


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    List of Ingredients




    3 c all-purpose flour
    1 T apple-pie spice
    1/2 t baking soda
    1/2 t salt
    1 c butter, softened
    1/2 c packed brown sugar
    1/2 c granulated sugar
    2 eggs
    1 1/2 t vanilla extract
    red and green food coloring pastes
    24 green wooden craft sticks
    1 pkg. (14 oz.) caramels
    3 T water
    1/3 c chopped cashews

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 375*. In a medium bowl, combine flour, apple-pie spice, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, using a mixer set on high, beat butter and both sugars until fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs and vanilla; beat in flour mixture.

    Remove 1.3 c of dough to a small mixing bowl; tint green. Tint remaining dough red; divide in half.

    On a lightly floured surface, roll half of the red dough to a 1/4-inch thickness. Using an apple shaped template or cookie cutter, cut dough into shapes; place 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

    Place a craft stick under "stem" end of each cookie, pressing dough lightly.

    Using your fingers, mold a small piece of green dough into a leaf shape and place on top of each apple cutout on baking sheet.

    Repeat rolling and cutting process with remaining dough. Bake until crisp but not browned, 8-10 mins. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

    In a small saucepan, heat caramels and water over low heat, stirring often, until smooth. Set a wire rack over a waxed papered baking sheet. Dip the cookie bottoms into melted caramel and then into chopped nuts. Let cookies stand until caramel is set, about 1 hour.

    To store cookies, be sure the caramel is completely set and wrap each cookie individually in waxed paper. Do not try to stak the cookies before the caramel has hardened.

    Makes 2 dozen.

 

 

 


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