Colorful Filbert Cookie for Shlach Monos

Soooo here's my shalach monos for this year. I'm very excited.

First I bought these boxes and organza bags at Toys 4 U.




Then I baked these cookies. Here they are raw, then baked.

I have to sprinkle them with chocolate. Then I'll put a few cookies in a bag, pink M&Ms or candies in the other bag, a bottle of liquer and a chocolate of some kind, tie the bag, and voila, we have easy peasy shlach monos! I baked a batch of cookies in 2 hours and i'm DONZO!!!!! bh.



These cookies are super easy to make. You can make them in four different colors and have a colorful shlach monos. Super easy peasy.

Here's the recipe:

4 sticks margarine
4 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups ground filberts
1 cup confectioners sugar
2 vanilla sugar

Roast the filberts in the oven for 15 minutes at 350.

Whip margarine with beaters well. Will become very pale yellow.

Add flour slowly, 1 cup at a time.

Add rest of ingredients and mix well.

Now, decide which and how many colors you would like.

You can make them

1) the original color - leave as is.
2) one particular color - put in 3/4 capful coloring of your choice.

To make them three colors, divide the batter in three. Pour in a little less than 1/4 capful of the coloring of your choice. Use red food coloring for pink cookies, green for green, etc. For brown cookies, add 2 tbsp melted baking chocolate. Mix very well with desired color. Wash bowl between colors if you dont want the colors to cross over.

Form nickel sized balls on a cookie sheet. bake for 17-20 minutes at 350 (17 was enough for me). The yield is approx 200 cookies - I made it in 4 cookie sheets. Drizzle with melted chocolate if desired.

שמחת פורים!!!!