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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 small sandwich cookies 32g Recipe makes 20 small sandwich cookies)
Calories 124
Calories from Fat 44		(35%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 5.0g	7%
	Saturated Fat 3.0g	15%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.3g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 22mg		7%
Sodium 38mg		1%
Potassium 27mg		0%
Total Carbohydrate 18.7g		6%
	Dietary Fiber 0.3g	1%
	Sugars 9.8g
Protein 1.4g		2%
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Empire Biscuits

Recipe #198748 | 30 min | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: catht
Dec 2, 2006

These are a must for any christmas cookie tray in my family. A sweet, flavourful sandwich cookie that you can decorate any way you like. I like to use a teeny tiny cookie cutter to make bite-sized cookies, but I believe that they are traditionally made with slightly larger rounds.

20 -24 small sandwich cookies (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond extract, if desired
2 teaspoons water, as needed

Directions

1
In large bowl, using hand mixer on medium, cream together butter and 1/2 cup sugar. Add egg and blend thoroughly. Add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar, and mix well.
2
On lightly floured surface, roll out to 1/8-1/4" thick. Cut into desired shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
3
Bake at preheated 300F oven until lightly golden around edges, about 12-15 minutes.
4
While still hot, sandwich together with jam. Set on rack to cool.
5
In small bowl, mix together 1/2 cup sugar, extract, and enough water to make icing. Ice tops of cooled cookies and decorate as desired.

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From: Gumdrop

On Sep 11, 2009

This is a cookie I always bought at a scottish bakery here in town. The bakery burned down and I had to find a recipe for empire biscuits. I took them to a potluck and they disappeared. My mom who is from Scotland was impressed that I could make them just like the bakery. I get tons of requests for this recipe.

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From: Cook in the Creek

On Apr 11, 2009

These cookies are a favourite with my husbands family and this version was delicious, very tender with that melt-in-your-mouth texture I was hoping for! Instead of rolling and cutting out the cookies I rolled the dough into a log,chilled and then sliced into 1/4 " rounds. It makes for slightly less than perfect circles but is much easier if you're not in the mood to fuss with rolling pins and cutters. Otherwise I followed the recipe exactly and was very pleased, will definitely make these again, thanks!

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