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Thursday, April 8, 2010

UCONN Woman's Champions
Basketball Sugar Cookies

This recipe and these cookies are dedicated
to the best of the best basketball player's.
The talented UCONN woman's basketball team.
These cookies are as round as a basketball
and full of Spice just like the players!

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup superfine sugar (see Notes)
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1 large egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Put flour, Chinese five-spice powder, and salt
in a small bowl and whisk thoroughly. Set aside.
Cream the sugar and butter in a mixing bowl.
Add the egg and vanilla and mix about 1 minute.
Add the flour-spice mixture and mix
on low until just incorporated.
Form the dough into a log,
wrap it in plastic,
and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
On a piece of plastic wrap,
roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
Cut out the spice cookies with a 2 inch
round basketball shaped cookie cutter,
space them 1/2-inch apart on a parchment-lined
cookie sheet and bake about 12 to 15 minutes.
Transfer the spice cookies to a wire rack to cool.

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