Pixies Recipes

CHOCOLATE PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt butter and chocolate together over low heat or in the microwave.
• In a medium bowl, mix eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in melted chocolate mixture. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt . Stir dry ingredients into the egg mixture by hand until well blended. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees (150 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Shape rounded teaspoonfuls into balls and roll in confectioners' sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until firm to touch.

DARK CHOCOLATE LEMON PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt butter and chocolate in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, 3-5 minutes or until smooth. Cool 10 minutes.
• Pour melted chocolate mixture into bowl. Add 1 cup flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, vanilla and salt; beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Stir in remaining flour, cocoa and lemon zest. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
• Heat oven to 300°F.
• Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Place, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 14-16 minutes or until just set.
• Immediately press 1 piece candied lemon peel into center of cookie. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely.

PIXIE DUST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Gradually beat in flour (dough will be crumbly). Shape into a ball., On a lightly floured surface, press dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 1-in. diamond-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with pearl dust. Bake 12-15 minutes or until firm. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CHOCOLATE PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt the shortening and chocolate in a bowl over hot water; cool slightly.
• Take off heat and using an electric mixer, blend in the sugar.
• Beat in eggs--one at a time beating for 1 minute after each addition.
• Add the vanilla.
• Add the flour, powder, and salt and mix well.
• Chill for 15 minutes as the dough will be very soft.
• Put the confectioners sugar in a shallow bowl so you can put the rolled balls in it.
• Roll dough into balls the size of a walnut and roll in the confectioners sugar.
• Bake in a 300 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.
• Should be soft to touch in oven; should be chewy when done.

CHOCOLATE PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt margarine and chocolate. Cool slightly. Stir in remaining ingredients, except powdered sugar; blend well. Chill dough for 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 300°F Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes or until edges are set. Remove immediately from cookie sheet.

PIXIES

Steps:

• Melt together butter and chocolate. Add sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat for 1 minute. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add. Add nuts and vanilla. Chill thoroughly. Shape in small balls, roll in confectioners' sugar. Bake at 300 degrees for 16 minutes for chewy and 18 minutes for crunchy.