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Where has all the Food Coloring Gone?!?!
Silver & gold dragees are considered safe to eat, but they should be removed before serving for two reasons:
1. The coating contains metal, and the FDA has recommended that they are for decorative use only.
2. They have been known to break many a tooth. People bite into a soft cookie or cake, not expecting to bite down on a hard ball.
I just saw food coloring in my local grocery store last night in two places: in the produce aisle, near the nuts, candied fruit (for fruitcakes), and in the baking aisle near the birthday candles, jimmies, etc.
FancyFlours.com is a great website to purchase dragees (if you must!), as well as food coloring. The coloring paste is much better than the liquid - but beware, a little goes a long way.
Happy baking!
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My girlfriend and I had a Russian Tea Cake bake-off many years ago. Her recipe called for granulated sugar, and mine called for confectioner's sugar (in the dough). My recipe won! It's a more tender, less crunchy cookie.
Although the cookies is traditionally made with walnuts, I now use pecans, because I like the flavor better. I lightly toast the nuts in the oven first - that really enhances the flavor and removes some of the oil.
Here's the recipe:
Mix together thoroughly:
1 cup butter
1/2 c SIFTED confectioner's sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together & stir in:
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Mix in:
3/4 cup finely chopped toasted nuts
Chill dough. Roll into 1" balls (a rounded teaspoon). Place on ungreased baking sheet. (You can put them closely together, because they do not spread -- they just swell a bit.)
Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes until set, but not brown.
Remove from oven and cool slightly. While still warm, roll in additional sifted confectioner's sugar. Cool completely & roll in confectioner's sugar again.
Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies