Heavenly Shortbread Food

HEAVENLY SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C).
• Cream softened butter thoroughly. ( If using margarine, add four drops of butter flavoring.) Slowly add sugar.
• Sift flour and corn starch before adding. Mix well. Press into an ungreased jelly roll pan 11 x 15 x 1 1/2 inches.
• Bake 30 minutes or until very light brown. Score and cut while warm.

WHIPPED HEAVENLY SHORTBREAD COOKIES BY FREDA

Steps:

• 1. Preheat Oven @ 325 degrees. Note: (do not grease Cookie sheets) WHIP butter Until Light & Fluffy. Add Flavoring, Whip well
• 2. Add Pdr Sugar, Cornstarch, Flour & Salt, Mixing Completely
• 3. Fill your Cookie Press, &, or Drop by teaspoons on to Ungreased Cookie Sheet. (Optional) Cherries, Nuts, & Sprinkles can be added Now, then baked.
• 4. Bake @ 325 Degrees for 8-10 Minutes. ( Do not let these Brown)

HEAVENLY BROWNIE-ON-SHORTBREAD BARS

Steps:

• Before baking: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Press a sheet of aluminum foil to cover the outside bottom and sides of a 9 by 2-inch square pan.
• Lift off the foil, invert the pan, and gently press the foil into the pan to fit the contours.
• To make the shortbread: In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar, and salt and process briefly to blend. Scatter the butter pieces over the top and process with 1-second bursts. Add the vanilla and continue with 1-second bursts until the ingredients form small clumps. Stop before the mixture forms a ball. Scatter the clumps over the bottom of the prepared pan, and press with fingertips to line the bottom evenly.
• Bake the shortbread until it is pale gold and firm to the touch, 27 to 32 minutes. Let cool in the pan, about 20 minutes.
• To make the Heavenly Brownie: Briefly whisk together the flour and salt in a medium bowl to blend; set aside.
• In a small, heavy saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate over very low heat, stirring with a silicone spatula until smooth. Remove from the heat and stir the sugar into the chocolate mixture, combining thoroughly. Set aside for 5 to 7 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs until lightly beaten. Add the slightly cooled chocolate mixture to the eggs, stirring to blend. Stir in the vanilla, then the flour mixture. Pour the batter over the shortbread, and spread evenly with a rubber spatula. Sprinkle the nuts evenly over the batter. Gently pat them in place.
• Bake the brownie until the top looks slightly cracked about 1 inch from the edge around the pan and feels soft to the touch, 27 - 30 minutes. Don't overbake; the brownie will firm as it cools. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely in the pan, at least 3 hours or up to overnight.
• To serve, using the edges of the foil as handles, lift the brownie slab onto a cutting board.
• Using a sharp knife, cut the brownies straight down through the shortbread into 1-1/2-inch squares. To store, return the bars to the pan, cover with aluminum foil, sealing the foil around the edges of the pan, and keep at room temperature for up to 3 days.

HEAVENLY LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For the crust: Adjust an oven rack to the lower-middle position and heat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Press the crumbs firmly and evenly into the pan bottom, keeping the sides as clean as possible.
• Bake until fragrant and golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• When cool, wrap the outside of the pan with two 18-inch-square pieces of heavy-duty foil; set the springform pan in a roasting pan.
• For the filling: While the crust is cooling, process ¼ cup sugar and lemon zest in a food processor until the sugar is yellow and the zest is broken down, about 15 seconds.
• Transfer the lemon sugar to a small bowl; add the remaining 1 cup sugar.
• In a standing mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on low to soften slightly, about 5 seconds.
• With the machine running, add the sugar mixture in a slow steady stream; increase the speed to medium and continue to beat until the mixture is creamy and smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
• Reduce speed to medium-low and add the eggs one at a time; beat until incorporated-about 30 seconds.
• Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl well after each addition as needed.
• Add lemon juice, vanilla, and salt.
• Mix until just incorporated, about 5 seconds; add the heavy cream and mix until just incorporated, about 5 seconds longer.
• Give the batter a final scrape, stir with a rubber spatula, and pour into the prepared springform pan; fill the roasting pan with enough hot water to fill halfway up the sides of springform pan.
• Bake 55 to 60 minutes and until the center jiggles slightly, the sides just start to puff, and the surface is no longer shiny.
• An instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of the cake should register 150 degrees.
• Turn off the oven and prop open the oven door with a potholder; allow the cake to cool in the water bath in the oven for 1 hour.
• Remove foil and the transfer the cake pan to a wire rack; run a small paring knife around the inside edge of the pan to loosen, and cool the cake to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• For the lemon curd: While the cheesecake bakes, heat the lemon juice in a small nonreactive saucepan over medium heat until hot but not boiling.
• Whisk the eggs and yolk in a medium nonreactive bowl; gradually whisk in the sugar.
• Whisking constantly, slowly pour the hot lemon juice into the eggs, then return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture registers 170 degrees on an instant-read thermometer and is thick enough to cling to a spoon, about 3 minutes.
• Immediately remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cold butter until incorporated; stir in the cream, vanilla, and salt, then pour the curd through a fine-mesh strainer into a small nonreactive bowl.
• Cover the surface of the curd directly with plastic wrap (not just the bowl- to avoid forming a"skin") refrigerate until needed.
• To finish the cake: When cheesecake is cool, spread the lemon curd onto the cheesecake using an offset spatula.
• Spread the curd evenly over the top of the cheesecake.
• Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to 24 hours.
• To serve, remove the sides of the springform pan and cut into wedges.
• This is a wonderful but RICH cheesecake, so keep the portions small!

HEAVENLY BROWNIE-ON-SHORTBREAD BARS

Steps:

• PAN PREP:.
• Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Press a.
• sheet of aluminum foil to cover the outside bottom and sides of a 9 by 9 by 2-inch square pan.
• Lift off the foil, invert the pan, and gently press the foil into the pan to fit the contours.
• SHORTBREAD:.
• In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar, and salt and.
• process briefly to blend.
• Scatter the butter pieces over the top and process with 1-second.
• bursts.
• Add the vanilla and continue with 1-second bursts until the ingredients form.
• small clumps.
• Stop before the mixture forms a ball.
• Scatter the clumps over the bottom of the prepared pan, and press with fingertips to line the bottom evenly.
• Bake the shortbread until it is pale gold and firm to the touch, 27 to 32 minutes.
• Let cool in the pan, about 20 minutes.
• HEAVENLY BROWNIE:.
• Briefly whisk together the flour and salt in a medium bowl to blend; set aside.
• In a small, heavy saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate over very low heat, stirring with a silicone spatula until smooth.
• Remove from the heat and stir the sugar into the chocolate mixture, combining thoroughly.
• Set aside for 5 to 7 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs until lightly beaten.
• Add the slightly cooled chocolate mixture to the eggs, stirring to blend. Stir in the vanilla, then the flour mixture.
• Pour the batter over the shortbread, and spread evenly with a rubber spatula.
• Sprinkle the nuts evenly over the batter.
• Gently pat them in place.
• Bake the brownie until the top looks slightly cracked about 1 inch from the edge around the pan and feels soft to the touch, 27 - 30 minutes (Don't overbake; the brownie will firm as it cools).
• Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely in the pan, at least 3.
• hours or up to overnight.
• TO SERVE:.
• Using the edges of the foil as handles, lift the brownie slab onto a cutting board.
• Using a sharp knife, cut the brownies straight down through the shortbread into 1-1/2-inch squares.
• STORAGE:.
• Return the bars to the pan, cover with aluminum foil, sealing the.
• foil around the edges of the pan, and keep at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (148 degrees C)
• In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, (or in a large bowl) cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy (you can use an electric hand mixer, but it's not ideal).
• Gradually add flour and cornstarch, beating on medium high speed, until well blended.
• With hands lightly dusted with additional cornstarch, roll cookie dough into 1 inch. balls (or use a small cookie scoop)
• Place 1 inch. apart on ungreased baking sheet.
• Press lightly with floured tines of a fork.
• Add nonpareils and/or cherry halves, if desired to the top of the cookies.
• Baking time: Bake at 300° for 20-22 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
• Cool for 5 minutes before moving from pans to wire racks to continue cooling. *If you try to move them too early, they will fall apart.