pages

Translate

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Italian Bride’s Pecan Cookies (pastelitos De Boda)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted, plus additional for dusting the cookies
  • 1 cup pecans, ground fine in batches in a spice grinder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

Recipe

  • 1 preheat the oven to 350°f in a bowl sift together the flour, 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar, the pecans and a pinch of salt, stir in the vanilla, and blend in the butter until the mixture is combined well.
  • 2 scoop out rounded tablespoons of the mixture, form them into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are golden around the edges.
  • 3 transfer the cookies to racks, let them cool slightly, and sift the additional confectioners’ sugar over them.

Evergreen Sandwich Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, no substitutes, softened
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 4 1/2 teaspoons milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • green paste for food coloring
  • 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 4 teaspoons milk
  • green paste food coloring
  • green colored crystal sugar

Recipe

  • 1 in mixing bowl, combine the butter, flour, milk and salt; mix well.
  • 2 cover and refrigerate for 1 1/2 hours or until easy to handle.
  • 3 divide dough into thirds.
  • 4 on a floured surface, roll out each portion to 1/8-inch thickness.
  • 5 cut with a 3 3/4-inch christmas tree cookie cutter.
  • 6 place on ungreased baking sheets.
  • 7 bake at 375 degrees for 8-11 minutes or until set.
  • 8 remove to wire rack.
  • 9 for filling, in mixing bowl, cream shortening, butter and confectioners' sugar.
  • 10 add milk and vanilla.
  • 11 tint with food coloring, spread about a tablespoon each over half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.
  • 12 for glaze, combine confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth; set aside 1/4 cup.
  • 13 stir food coloring into remaining glaze; spread a thin layer over cooled cookies.
  • 14 if desired, sprinkle tops of half of the cookies with colored sugar.
  • 15 let stand until set.
  • 16 pipe garland onto half of the cookies with reserved glaze.
  • 17 let stand until set.

No Bake Peanut Butter Chewies

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 36
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup corn syrup (karo)
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups cereal, flakes (such as, total, special k, corn flakes, etc.)

Recipe

  • 1 bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil in a saucepan.
  • 2 add pb and vanilla and mix until smooth.
  • 3 stir in cereal flakes.
  • 4 drop by spoonfulls on waxed paper or foil.
  • 5 let cool.

Lemon Poppy Seed Shortbread Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened (no subs!)
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar (addition for sprinkling on bars)
  • 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest (i just used the zest from 1 whole lemon)
  • 1 -2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

  • 1 set oven to 300°f (set oven rack to middle position).
  • 2 butter an 8x8-inch glass baking dish.
  • 3 in a bowl using an electric mixer cream the butter with 1/2 cup confectioners sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
  • 4 add in zest, lemon juice (if using) and poppy seeds; mix until combined.
  • 5 in a small bowl mix together flour and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix just until combined.
  • 6 press the mixture into prepared baking pan.
  • 7 bake for about 30-35 minutes, or until pale golden brown.
  • 8 let the shortbread cool in the pan on a rack for about 10 minutes.
  • 9 cut into 24 bars and let the bars cool completely in the pan.
  • 10 sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

No Bake Cookies - Food Lion Copycat Recipe

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 144
  • 2 1/2 lbs sugar (5 cups)
  • 1/4 pint karo syrup (1/4 bottle)
  • 1/4 lb butter (1 stick)
  • 2 ounces cocoa
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 lb peanut butter
  • 21 ounces oatmeal (1/2 the round canister of quaker oats)

Recipe

  • 1 mix everything but the oatmeal together and bring to a gentle boil, remove from heat.
  • 2 add 1/2 a box of quaker oats (the round canister).
  • 3 once you stir in the quaker oats you need to move quickly and drop spoonfuls onto wax paper. i suggest you have wax paper set up all over your kitchen before hand :). you can stir in shredded coconut or nuts if you'd like.
  • 4 this is the original recipe.
  • 5 2 5 lbs bags of sugar.
  • 6 1 bottle of karo syrup.
  • 7 1 lb butter.
  • 8 1 can cocoa.
  • 9 4 cups of milk.
  • 10 2 2lbs jars of peanut butter.
  • 11 2 boxes of quaker oats.

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 12
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

  • 1 melt the butter and the peanut butter in a medium saucepan on low heat. add the powdered sugar and graham cracker crumbs. pat the mixture into a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. melt the chocolate chips and spread on top of the bars. cool before cutting.

Low Fat Lemon Meringue Cookies

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 400°.
  • 2 line two baking sheets with baking parchment and set aside.
  • 3 beat egg whites and salt in small bowl at high electric-mixer speed until frothy.
  • 4 with mixer still at high speed, add sugar gradually and continue beating until meringue peaks stiffly (about 4 minutes).
  • 5 beat in vanilla, then by hand fold in lemon zest.
  • 6 drop meringue from rounded teaspoon onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 2-inches apart.
  • 7 set in oven, immediately turn oven off, and let cookies remain in the oven for 2 hours (you can leave them in overnight) peel meringue off parchment and store in airtight container.