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Fossil Cookies
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SIMON WATSON
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 35 mins
Yield: Makes 16
Ingredients
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1 cup walnuts, toasted
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
Salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Cook's Notes
Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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Fossil Cookies
Credit:
SIMON WATSON
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 35 mins
Yield: Makes 16
Gallery
Fossil Cookies
Credit:
SIMON WATSON
Fossil Cookies
Credit:
SIMON WATSON
Fossil Cookies
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 35 mins
Yield: Makes 16
Recipe Summary
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 35 mins
Yield: Makes 16
prep: 20 mins
total: 1 hr 35 mins
prep:
20 mins
total:
1 hr 35 mins
Yield: Makes 16
Makes 16
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 cup walnuts, toasted
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- Salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pulse walnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl, and whisk in flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Gradually beat in walnut mixture.
Divide dough into eighteen 1 1/2-inch balls, and press into irregular stone shapes using the palm of your hand; transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Dust food-safe plastic insects with flour to coat; press into dough to make fossil impressions. Freeze until dough is very firm, 20 to 30 minutes.
Bake until golden brown and firm in center, 25 to 28 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack, and let cool.
Cook's Notes
Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Cook’s Notes
Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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185 Ratings
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Reviews (6)
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185 Ratings
5 star values:
24
4 star values:
29
3 star values:
83
2 star values:
41
1 star values:
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Add Rating & Review
185 Ratings
5 star values:
24
4 star values:
29
3 star values:
83
2 star values:
41
1 star values:
8
185 Ratings
5 star values:
24
4 star values:
29
3 star values:
83
2 star values:
41
1 star values:
8
185 Ratings
5 star values:
24
4 star values:
29
3 star values:
83
2 star values:
41
1 star values:
8
- 5 star values:
- 24
- 4 star values:
- 29
- 3 star values:
- 83
- 2 star values:
- 41
- 1 star values:
- 8
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
10/29/2011
I made these cookies using a bag of Halloween characters I found at the dollar store. I washed them with anti-bacterial soap and let them air dry. They worked great and I had some scary skeleton, bug, spider, and snake cookies. Great, delicious, and fun recipe.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
10/28/2011
Oh, and you can also use shells, which are typically found as fossil imprints - Best Buy has a small bag for under $4!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
10/28/2011
I found a small plastic bag with a variety of insects at Party City; you have to look in the party favours section, not the Hallowe'en areas. I also made a couple of dinosaur "feet" to make footprint fossils by cutting the shapes out of a cross-sectioned potato, as you would for childcraft stamping/printing. This is a great, classy variation to the more obvious ghouls and graveyards decorated foods to bring to a Hallowe'en party - thanks, Martha!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/29/2011
Found what look to be the same insects on Ebay for $6.95 (that's w/ shipping)--that'll save me time, energy, and gasoline--oooh, hope they're the correct size.....
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/29/2011
I must make them, too. I couldn't find the plastic insects on the craftforless site either so while running errands today I checked Michael's, JoAnn's, Big Lots, and Target, to no avail. Guess I'll try finding them elsewhere on line--oh, maybe a party store.... Why is everything a QUEST???
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
10/27/2010
I'm dying to make these for my paleontologist 3-yr-old, but can't find the "food safe plastic bugs" on createforless. Any ideas?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
10/29/2011
I made these cookies using a bag of Halloween characters I found at the dollar store. I washed them with anti-bacterial soap and let them air dry. They worked great and I had some scary skeleton, bug, spider, and snake cookies. Great, delicious, and fun recipe.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
10/28/2011
Oh, and you can also use shells, which are typically found as fossil imprints - Best Buy has a small bag for under $4!
I found a small plastic bag with a variety of insects at Party City; you have to look in the party favours section, not the Hallowe'en areas. I also made a couple of dinosaur "feet" to make footprint fossils by cutting the shapes out of a cross-sectioned potato, as you would for childcraft stamping/printing. This is a great, classy variation to the more obvious ghouls and graveyards decorated foods to bring to a Hallowe'en party - thanks, Martha!
Rating: Unrated
09/29/2011
Found what look to be the same insects on Ebay for $6.95 (that's w/ shipping)--that'll save me time, energy, and gasoline--oooh, hope they're the correct size.....
I must make them, too. I couldn't find the plastic insects on the craftforless site either so while running errands today I checked Michael's, JoAnn's, Big Lots, and Target, to no avail. Guess I'll try finding them elsewhere on line--oh, maybe a party store.... Why is everything a QUEST???
Rating: Unrated
10/27/2010
I'm dying to make these for my paleontologist 3-yr-old, but can't find the "food safe plastic bugs" on createforless. Any ideas?
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