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1989 Honorable Mention: Jelly Christmas Eyes

A home-style 1989 Honorable Mention: Jelly Christmas Eyes made with Margarine, Sugar, Egg, Lemon, and Lemon Rind. Serves 18. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup
• 1/3 cup
• 1
• 1
• 1/4 tbsp
• 1 1/3 cup
• 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Cream margarine and sugar in mixing bowl.

2. 2

   Add egg, lemon juice and lemon rind.

3. 3

   Mix until smooth.

4. 4

   Add flour and nuts.

5. 5

   Wrap in plastic wrap and flatten.

6. 6

   Refrigerate dough 30 minutes.

7. 7

   Heat oven to 350 degrees.

8. 8

   Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.

9. 9

   Use a round 2-inch cookie cutter to cut out circles from dough.

10. 10

    Cut out an inner circle with a smaller round cookie cutter from half of the circles to make a "cookie ring."

11. 11

    Bake circles and rings until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

12. 12

    Transfer to wire rack to cool.

13. 13

    Spread a small amount of jelly on each whole circle.

14. 14

    Press a cookie ring on top of it.

15. 15

    Store in a covered dish.

16. 16

    Nutr. Assoc.: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0