Christmas Cookie Bonanza Part 4 Recipe
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Christmas Cookie Bonanza Part 4
1 Recipe Basic cookie mix
2 large Egg yolks
1 tbsp Water
Topping
1/2 cup Packed light-brown sugar
1/3 cup Dark corn syrup
1/4 cup Butter
1/4 cup Heavy cream
2 cup Unsalted finely chopped
-dry-roasted peanuts
12 oz Semisweet chocolate
3 tbsp Vegetable shortening
CHOCOLATE-DIPPED PEANUT-BRITTLE FINGERS
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 15 1/2x10 1/2x1" jelly-roll pan; line
bottom and sides with sheet of aluminum foil. Grease foil.
In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie mix, egg yolks and the
water. At low speed, beat just until mixture forms a crumbly dough.
Pat mixture over foil on bottom of prepared pan; bake 20 min or until
dough is golden brown. Remove pan from oven.
Make peanut-brittle topping: In heavy med saucepan, combine brown
sugar, corn syrup, butter and heavy cream; over med heat, bring to
boiling, stirring. Cook, stirring constantly, until butter melts and
mixture is smooth. Stir in peanuts.
Spread peanut-brittle topping mixture over cookies in pan; bake 15
min or until topping is brown and bubbly. Remove pan from oven; cool
cookies slightly. Using ends of aluminum foil, lift cookies from pan;
cut crosswise into thirds. Cut lengthwise into 14 strips; remove
cookies from aluminum foil. Cool cookie "fingers" completely on rack.
Line another wire rack with waxed paper. In top of double boiler
over hot, not boiling, water, combine chocolate and shortening. Over
low heat, cook mixture, stirring, until chocolate and shortening are
melted and mixture is smooth. Dip each cookie finger into chocolate
mixture to cover halfway; place cookie on prepared rack to dry.
Makes 42 cookies.
LEMON LINZER COOKIES
1 recipe basic cookie mix 1 lg egg 1 tsp grated lemon zest (colored
part of peel) 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 c seedless raspberry jam
Confectioners' sugar for dusting
Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease two baking sheets.
In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie mix, egg, lemon zest
and lemon juice. At low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough.
Divide dough in half. Working one half at a time, on lightly floured
surface, with lightly floured rolling pin, roll out dough 1/8" thick;
cut out with 3" round cookie cutter, cut out centers of half of the
cookies. If desired, reroll dough centers for additional cookies.
Transfer dough rounds and rings to prepared baking sheets. Bake 8 min
or until cookies are golden; transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
With 1 tsp jam each, cover flat sides of rounds. Place a cookie ring,
flat side down, on top of each filling-topped round. Dust tops of
cookies with confectioners' sugar.
Makes 2 dozen cookies. Posted by Theresa Merkling.
Serves: 42 |
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If you enjoy eating, but want to shed a few pounds and increase your all round healthiness, then, as any doctor will tell you, you really should decide on a thoughtfully planned healthy-minded meal plan. Ideally, this needs to involve five helpings of grains, cereals and vegetables a day and involve an appropriate mix of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
When planning a weight loss program, the most important step is to also endeavour to moderate your consumption of refined carbohydrate, fats and salt.
When buying food, dieters most certainly look at department store and well known products professing to be 'low in fat'. This is usually a miscalculation, for a food can be moderate in fats, but still much too high in carbohydrates and calories.
Try drinking more water. At times during a hectic day, you guess you want food when actually you only need a cold drink of water or squash. The sensations of thirst and hunger are quite alike, but one of the two can result in a fat tummy and the other one leads to no harm.
As an alternative to dwelling on the many types of food that you really should leave out of your dietary regime, look at the healthy foods which you are able to add to your dietary regime. If you manage to insert a few nutritious grains and vegetables into your diet, you'll find that stop feeling hungry and have a far decreased chance of giving in to those damaging mid-day chocolates.
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