Ischler Krapferl W Chocolate Icing Filled Cookies Food

ISCHLER KRAPFERL W/ CHOCOLATE ICING.. FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix dough according to ingredients.
• Not necessary to chill.
• Nuts must be very fine or it will make it hard to roll out.
• I separate dough in half or quarters to roll out.
• Roll very thin like paper.
• and use either a small water glass or biscut cutter to cut round discs.
• bake in 350 degree oven until lightly browned-- While cookies are baking in a small pot on stove.
• mix 2 sq of chocolate, 1/4 c water, vanilla and 2 tblsp of butter on low heat until melted.
• remove from stove and add powdered sugar, mix well.
• set aside.
• When all cookies are baked and cooled.
• fill with jelly of choice.
• red currant seemed the best.
• take one disc and spread jelly thinly.
• place another on top, do this with all discs, then ice with Chocolate and top with Walnut Half.

CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES WITH VANILLA-CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Set 2 racks in the middle and upper third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees. In a food processor or the bowl of an electric mixer, thoroughly mix together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. While pulsing or on low speed, add the butter, then the egg. Process or beat until the dough is thoroughly blended and massed together. Drop rounded teaspoons of batter onto nonstick or parchment-lined cookie sheets at 2-inch intervals. With moistened fingers, round out the cookies and flatten them a little. Bake for 9 minutes, turning the pans once for even baking, until the cookies are set. Set the cookie sheets on a rack to cool.
• Vanilla-Cream Filling: Put the butter and shortening in a mixing bowl and, at low speed, gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, until blended. Turn the mixer up to high and beat for 2 or 3 minutes more, until fluffy.
• With a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch tip, pipe teaspoon size blobs of filling onto the tops of half the cookies. Keeping the smooth bottoms of the cookies facing up, flip the remaining cookies on top of the filling and lightly press to form sandwiches.

WAFFLE IRON COOKIES WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Cookies:.
• Combine chocolate squares and 1/2 cup butter in the top of a double boiler. Bring the water to a boil; reduce heat to low, and cook until the chocolate and butter melt, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
• Combine eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until blended. Add flour and reserved chocolate mixture. Mix well.
• Preheat waffle iron. Drop dough by 2 teaspoonfuls onto iron. Close iron, and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until done. Let cool on wire racks. Continue cooking cookies until your dough is gone.
• Top with frosting once they are cool.
• Frosting:.
• Cream butter; add cocoa, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixture. Gradually add powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla, beating until smooth.