Danish Cookie Rings (Vanille Kranse) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup blanched almond
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, cut into small pieces
1 large egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
8 candied red cherries
16 green glazed cherries

Preparation

Grease cookie sheets; set aside.
Process almonds in food processor until ground, but not pasty.
Place almonds, flour, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl.
Cut butter into flour mixture with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is crumbly.
Beat egg, milk and vanilla in a small bowl with a fork until well blended.
Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir until soft dough forms.
Spoon dough into a pastry bag fitted with medium star tip.
Pipe 3-inch rings 2-inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
Refrigerate rings 15 minutes or until firm.
Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
Cut each cherry in half. Cut each red cherry half into quarters; cut each green cherry half into 4 slivers.
Press red cherry quarter onto each ring where ends meet.
Arrange 2 green cherry slivers on either side of red cherry to form leaves.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden.
Remove cookies to wire racks; cool completely.
Store tightly covered at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.