Cookies & Small Bakes
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Vanilla Meringue Rose Cookies Draft

Name: Vanilla Meringue Rose Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 48 cookies (about)
Ingredients: 3 cups self-rising flour (3 cups, or 3 cups all-purpose flour plus 3 tsp baking powder); 3 egg yolks; 7 oz cold butter, cubed; ¾ cup sour cream (1 tub); ½ cup sugar (1/2 cup); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 egg whites; ½ cup sugar (1/2 cup); 1 package instant vanilla pudding mix

My rose cookies, a butter and sour cream dough rolled around a vanilla pudding meringue, sliced and baked until the bottoms turn golden.

Prep45 min
Cook20 min
Rest2 hr
Total3 hr 5 min
Makes48 cookies (about)
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What you need

Amount:48

Dough

3 cups self-rising flour, 3 cups, or 3 cups all-purpose flour plus 3 tsp baking powder
3 egg yolks
7 oz cold butter, cubed
¾ cup sour cream, 1 tub
½ cup sugar, 1/2 cup
1 tsp vanilla extract

Filling

3 egg whites
½ cup sugar, 1/2 cup
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix

How I make it

Dough

Pulse the flour and butter in a food processor.
Add the rest of the ingredients and process until a dough forms.
Chill for about 2 hours.

Filling

Whip the egg whites and sugar to stiff peaks.
Fold in the pudding mix.

Shaping and baking

Divide the dough into 3 pieces and work with one at a time, keeping the others in the fridge.
Flour the work surface and roll the dough out into a sheet.
Spread with a third of the filling and roll up into a log.
Cut into slices, about 16 from each log.
Bake in an oven preheated to 350°F (180°C) for 15-20 minutes, until the bottoms are golden.

What I've learned

I make these with light sour cream, and it works fine.
If the dough is hard to handle, I chill the log briefly in the freezer before slicing.
For even slices, I cut the log in half, then each half in half again, and so on.

Source: ChefEf (chefef.com)