{"id":19789,"date":"2020-07-19T08:18:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T15:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=19789"},"modified":"2020-07-19T08:28:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T15:28:26","slug":"little-dutchess-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/little-dutchess-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Dutchess Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, if your mind went to Little Debbie, that might not be a coincidence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 sticks (1 C) butter<\/li>\n<li>1 C granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 C brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<br \/>\nMIX ABOVE TILL CREAMY<\/li>\n<li>4 whole eggs plus 2 egg yolks<br \/>\nADD EGGS ONE AT A TIME<br \/>\nMix completely before adding the next egg<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 C cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>4 C AP flour &#8211; 1 cup at a time<\/li>\n<li>After completely mixed refrigerate for an hour<\/li>\n<li>Divide into 24 equal pieces (thirds, then half, half, half)<\/li>\n<li>Roll pieces into balls<\/li>\n<li>Prepare baking trays lined with parchment paper<\/li>\n<li>Put onto your baking tray, then flatten into circles<\/li>\n<li>They won&#8217;t spread, and will be paired with another cookie for the final product, so go ahead and make them smooth, and the same size<\/li>\n<li>Bake (in preheated oven) at 350\u00ba for 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Cool for at least 30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Butter Cream mint filling\n<ul>\n<li>2 sticks butter &#8211; melt on stove top<\/li>\n<li>Add 1\/4 C whole mint leaves<\/li>\n<li>Infuse for 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Strain out mint leaves and cool for 30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Beat until it becomes fluffy<\/li>\n<li>Add 4 C confectioner sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C heavy cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pipe frosting thickly onto cookies<\/li>\n<li>Top with another cookie and press down<\/li>\n<li>Melt 4 C semi-chocolate in a double boiler<\/li>\n<li>Add 1 stick butter<\/li>\n<li>Dip cookies and place on waxed paper to cool<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle with confectioner color dots<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, if your mind went to Little Debbie, that might not be a coincidence. 2 sticks (1 C) butter 1 C granulated sugar 2\/3 C brown sugar 1\/2 tsp salt MIX ABOVE TILL CREAMY 4 whole eggs plus 2 egg yolks ADD EGGS ONE AT A TIME Mix completely before adding the next egg 1 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/little-dutchess-cookies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Little Dutchess Cookies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19794,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19789\/revisions\/19794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}