Description
This cute refrigerator cookie resembles the popular ice cream flavor. There are chocolate, pink and white stripes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 5 drops red food coloring
- 1 (1 ounce) square unsweetened chocolate, melted
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- In a medium bowl
- cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour
- baking powder
- and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Divide dough equally into three small bowls. Add almond extract and red food coloring to one portion; stir until thoroughly mixed. Mix chocolate into second bowl
- and walnuts into the third bowl.
- Line a 9×5 inch loaf pan with waxed paper
- and spread almond dough evenly in the bottom of the pan. Spread the walnut dough evenly over the almond layer
- and top with chocolate dough layer. Cover layered dough with waxed paper
- and place in the refrigerator until firm
- about 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Turn out chilled dough by inverting pan; peel off waxed paper. With sharp knife
- cut dough lengthwise in half. Slice each half of dough crosswise into 1/4 inch slices. Place slices on cookie sheet one inch apart.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven
- until light brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 12 mins
Total Time: 5 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 72