Chocolate Stuffed Dreidel Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-STUFFED SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. Remove 2 tablespoons of mixture to second small bowl; reserve.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, softened butter and egg with spoon until soft dough forms. Shape dough into 20 (1 1/2-inch) balls. Flatten each ball to 2 1/2-inch circle. Press 1 chocolate into center of each cookie, making sure to form dough around chocolate to enclose; reshape into balls. Roll in remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased large cookie sheets. Discard sugar-cinnamon mixture after rolling balls.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set and light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Sprinkle reserved 2 tablespoons sugar-cinnamon mixture on tops of warm cookies. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store covered in airtight container.

SLICE-AND-BAKE DREIDEL COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Combine the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and mix in the egg and vanilla and almond extracts until just incorporated. Gradually add the flour mixture and mix until just combined.
• Remove two-thirds of the dough, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate. Add the food coloring to the dough in the mixer and mix on low speed until no streaks remain. Wrap in plastic wrap and flatten into a disc about 1/2 inch thick; freeze for 20 minutes.
• Barely roll out the blue dough on a lightly floured surface just until even. Dip a 1 3/4-inch dreidel cookie cutter in flour and stamp out as many cookies as possible, rerolling the scraps, until no blue dough remains (if the dough gets too soft, return it to the freezer). Brush the tops of the dreidels with water and stack them on top of each other, pressing lightly to adhere and lining them up perfectly. Make 3 or 4 stacks so that they don't fall over. Transfer the stacks to a plate and freeze for 10 minutes.
• Remove the stacks from the freezer and lay them on their sides. Brush the adjoining ends of each stack with water and press them together, creating one long dreidel-shaped stack for the center of the cookies.
• Roll one-quarter of the uncolored dough into a log the length of the dreidel stack, with a 1-inch diameter, then cut it in half lengthwise. Brush each half with water and press into the space on either side along the dreidel handle. Roll out a skinnier log of uncolored dough the length of the dreidel stack, brush with water and place it along the top of the dreidel handle, pressing to connect it to the first two strips of uncolored dough. Freeze until all the pieces stick together and the dough is very firm, about 5 minutes.
• Remove the stack from the freezer and press the remaining uncolored dough around the sides, rolling the log a bit to round out the shape, brushing with water if needed to adhere. Return to the freezer for 5 minutes.
• Pour the sprinkles into a shallow bowl or plate long enough to hold the log of dough.
• Remove the dough from the freezer, brush with water, then roll in the sprinkles, pressing to adhere if necessary. Freeze for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment.
• Transfer the frozen dough log to a cutting board and use a sharp knife to slice it 1/4 inch thick. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets and bake, rotating halfway through, until just starting to brown on the bottom, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheets then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Microwave the white chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl at 70% power, stirring every 10 seconds, until melted, about 30 seconds total. Transfer to a piping bag and cut off the very tip to pipe a thin line of white chocolate.
• Pipe one of the following letters from the Hebrew alphabet on the dreidels: נ‎ (nun), ג‎ (gimel), ה‎ (hei) and ש‎ (shin). Let sit at room temperature until the chocolate sets, 20 to 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE-DRIZZLED RAVIOLI COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm enough to roll., For filling, place Oreos in a food processor; process until finely crushed. Add cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and extract; process until blended., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place about 1-1/2 teaspoons filling in center of half of the cookies. Cover with remaining cookies. Press edges with a fork to seal. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough and filling., Bake 15-20 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.