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Title: Winter Birch Tree Cookies Categories: Cookies Yield: 40 Servings 3/4 c Sugar 1/2 c Butter; softened 1 tb Milk 2 ts Vanilla 1 Egg 2 c Flour 1 ts Baking powder 1 ts Cinnamon 12 oz Vanilla candy coating or -almond bark; melted 2 oz Bittersweet chocolate; -melted Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl, combine sugar and butter; beat until well blended. Add milk, vanilla and egg; beat well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Add flour, baking powder and cinnamon; mix well. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On lightly floured surface, roll balls into logs, 6 inches long. Place on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely. Place melted candy coating in pie pan. Dip logs into candy coating; place on waxed paper to cool. Drizzle melted bittersweet chocolate over logs to resemble birch trees. Recipe by: The Tennessee Magazine - 12/97 Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #449 by Pamela Morrisson |