{"id":11249,"date":"2017-12-10T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccmga.aces.edu\/?p=11249"},"modified":"2019-09-13T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:32:31","slug":"russian-tea-cakes-or-butterfinger-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/russian-tea-cakes-or-butterfinger-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Tea Cakes and Butterfinger Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two MG&#8217;s provide similar recipes for these holiday treats: Russian Tea Cakes and Butterfinger Cookies. The Russian Tea Cakes are shaped in balls, have fewer nuts, and bake at a higher temperature while the Butterfinger Cookies are shaped into logs or &#8220;fingers&#8221;. Give either recipe a try and you will have cookies that melt in your mouth!<\/p>\n<p>Butterfingers were served at the 2017 Christmas Home Tour open house at the Chilton Extension Office.<\/p>\n<h4>Russian Tea Cakes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1 c. butter or margarine, softened<img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11248\" src=\"http:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2015\/01\/IMG_20150102_153138-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150102_153138\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c. powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 t. vanilla<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/4\u00a0c. all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 c. finely chopped nuts<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 t. salt<\/li>\n<li>powdered sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat oven to 400 degrees.<\/li>\n<li>Mix butter, 1\/2 c. powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.<\/li>\n<li>Shape dough into 1-inch balls. place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.<\/li>\n<li>Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet and cool slightly on wire rack.<\/li>\n<li>Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar, cool. Roll in powdered sugar again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Butterfinger Cookies<\/h4>\n<p>Follow \u00a0recipe above except for these changes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use \u00a01 to 1 1\/2 c. nuts<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<\/li>\n<li>Shape dough into 2 x 1\/2 inch logs.<\/li>\n<li>Bake until lightly browned-about 10-15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer to wire rack .<\/li>\n<li>Roll in powdered sugar while still warm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Recipes provided by Pat Farmer and Diane Clapp<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two MG&#8217;s provide similar recipes for these holiday treats: Russian Tea Cakes and Butterfinger Cookies. 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