Cafe Style Melting Moments Food

CAFE STYLE MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180degrees (350F).
• Place the butter, icing sugar and vanilla in a bowl and beat with electric beaters until light and fluffly.
• Stir in the flour and cornflour until combined. The more evenly mixed the ingredients are, the meltier the biscuit so be sure to mix well!
• OPTIONAL:Place all the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a fluted nozzle.
• Pipe 3cm (1inch) rounds onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Best to start piping by piping the circular outline of the biscuit and working your way in a circular clockwise motion towards the middle of the biscuit. NOTE:If you do not wish to use a piping bag, simply roll balls measuring approx 2 teaspoon full of mixture onto the lined trays. Flatten slightly. Be sure to leave room for spreading. This amount of batter makes approx 32 individual biscuits.
• Cook for 12-14 minutes until biscuits are just golden. They may still look a little soft in the middle but they set upon cooling.
• Cool on trays.
• To make the filling: Place the butter, icing sugar, lemon juice and rind in a bowl and beat with electric beaters until fluffly and creamy. Pipe (or apply with knife) onto half the biscuits and sandwich with the remaining buscuits. Variations on this filling can be done with ORANGE; Replace the lemon juice and lemon rind with the same quantity of orange juice and rind. This can also be done with LIME in the same manner. These also taste good with caramel filling!

CHOCOLATE MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Cream together margarine and sugar, add the essence.
• Stir in the flour and coco and mix thoroughly.
• Devide the mixture into 20 pieces, roll each into a ball with wet hands and coat with rolled oats or coconut.
• Place on a greased baking sheet and press out a bit, place a small bit of chocolate on each one.
• Bake in a moderate oven (325-350) (165-175) for 15-20 minutes.

MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add almond extract.
• Sift dry ingredients.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Chill dough for at least 1 hour.
• Shape level teaspoons of dough into balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.
• Cool.
• Top with frosting.
• Frosting.
• Melt butter in sauce pan.
• Remove from heat and stir in flavorings and powdered sugar.
• Add cream to spreading consistency.
• Tint frosting with colors of your choice.

MELTING MOMENTS COOKIES

Steps:

• In medium mixing bowl, cream butter till light; then gradually add the confectioners' sugar and salt.
• Beat this mixture thoroughly, about 3 minutes; gradually add the cornstarch and flour and blend well.
• Form the dough into walnut-sized balls and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Transfer the balls to an ungreased cookie sheet and let stand for 20 minutes or until soft, then make a thumprint on top of each to flatten the cookies.
• Bake for 15-16 minutes or until the cookies are golden on the bottom. Remove to rack to cool.
• While the cookies cool, make the icing. In a small bowl, combine the butter, confectioners' sugar, almond extract, and half-and-half until creamy.
• This may be tinted with food coloring.or just left white.
• Ice the cookies when they are completely cooled.
• Store in tins, separated in layers by plastic wrap.