Elves Belly Buttons..
"my grandkids love these cookies..we make them at other times than Christmas.."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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3 1/2 dozen
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup Crisco
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 3 ounces lime gelatin
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 pinch salt
- red maraschino cherry
- red-hot candies, pieces
directions
- cream crisco, sugar and gelatin together.
- beat eggs in and add almond extract.mix well.
- mix remaining ingredients together and add gradually to creamed mixture -- stirring well.
- chill dough overnight.
- when ready to bake, shape dough into small balls.
- and roll in granulated sugar.
- place on greased sheet.make indentation in cookie with thumb and place red cinnamon candy or quartered maraschino cherry in deperession.
- bake at 375* for 10 minutes.
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Reviews
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We love these cookies! I will say, though, we have found that you must use the name brand Jell-O mix. Store brands make this recipe taste off. And if you don't like or have the almond extract, you can use vanilla. So addictive! -
I so wanted to like this recipe, but the combination of lime, almond, and cinnamon candies just didn't work. I plan to try to manipulate the recipe to something that will work. Either leave out the jello and use more regular sugar with a bit of food coloring and add peppermint flavor instead of almond flavor, or leave the jello and try mini M&Ms or skittles for the belly buttons...
Tweaks
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I so wanted to like this recipe, but the combination of lime, almond, and cinnamon candies just didn't work. I plan to try to manipulate the recipe to something that will work. Either leave out the jello and use more regular sugar with a bit of food coloring and add peppermint flavor instead of almond flavor, or leave the jello and try mini MandMs or skittles for the belly buttons...
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I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...
