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Bird’s Nests
Preparation info
- Makes about
15
Cookies - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 2011
Pressing soft dough through a ricer creates the distinctive texture of these cookies. Make the dough just before you shape the cookies. If using frozen dough, let it sit out at room temperature for 1 hour.
Ingredients
- Dough for Brown Sugar Cookies
5 oz 155 g
Method
- Use the tip of a toothpick to add a very small amount of food coloring to the marzipan. Knead until the color is evenly distributed. (It will turn slightly green because the marzipan is beige, not white.) To make each egg, roll a teaspoonful of the marzipan into a ball, then roll the ends slightly to create an oval. (The eggs can be prepared 1 week in advance and stored