PANSY FLOWER COOKIES Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter at room temperature
1-1/2 cup plus 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
3-1/2 cups flour plus extra for dusting
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
48 clean edible pansy blossom

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter with 1 cup of sugar. Mix in eggs. Dissolve baking soda in milk and add to mixture along with vanilla. Sift cream of tartar, flour, and salt together and stir into creamed mixture. Mix thoroughly. Gather dough and wrap in Saran plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out on floured surface to 1/8”. Cut out circles approximately the size of pansy blossoms. Bake on ungreased baking sheet 5 minutes. Remove from oven and brush top of cookies with egg whites. Place one pansy on top, spreading out petals and topping with a bit more egg white. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup sugar and cook 5 minutes more. Let cool before serving.