Kahlua Bites Food

KAHLUA® BITES

Steps:

• Combine crushed sandwich cookies, walnuts, and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl. Add coffee liqueur and corn syrup; mix well. Add more coffee liqueur, 1 teaspoon at a time, if mixture is too dry.
• Pour cocoa powder into a shallow bowl. Shape cookie mixture into balls and roll in cocoa powder. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.

KAHLUA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Cut softened cream cheese into pieces.
• Prepare chocolate crumb crust and press firmly into a nine-inch springform pan.
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt chocolate with Kahlua and butter; stir until smooth.
• Set aside.
• In bowl, combine eggs, sugar and salt; add sour cream and blend well.
• Add cream cheese to egg mixture; beat until smooth.
• Gradually blend in chocolate mixture.
• Turn into prepared crust and bake for 35 minutes or until filling is barely set in centre.
• Turn off heat and let stand in oven for 15 minutes with door open; then take out of oven and let stand at room temperature for one hour.
• Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings if desired.

BAKED BRIE WITH KAHLUA AND PECANS

Steps:

• Microwave pecans 1 1/2 minutes.
• Mix with Kahlua and brown sugar.
• Spread on brie.
• Microwave an additional 2 minutes; or bake at 350 until the topping is bubbly.
• Serve with crackers and/or apple and pear wedges.

KAHLUA

Steps:

• Dissolve the coffe crystals in one cup of the water.
• Bring the remaining water to a boil and dissolve the sugar in it.
• Add the coffee to the sugar solution and heat almost to a boil.
• Add the alcohol and decant into dark containers (this makes 7-8 cups; a fifth (750 mL) is just over 3 cups, so about 2 1/2 750 mL bottles- or just double it, make 5 bottles, and give some gift bottles).
• Break the bean into several pieces and divide between the bottles.
• Seal the bottles tightly and let them stand for 30 days before serving.

KAHLUA COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream margarine in a medium bowl; Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add kahlua and egg, beating well.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients, stirring well.
• Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture, beating at low speed of an electric mixer until well blended.
• Cover and chill dough for 15 minutes.
• Combine powdered sugar and cocoa.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls; Roll each ball in sugar mixture.
• Place on cookie sheets coated with cooking spray.
• Flatten each with a fork in a crisscross pattern.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 9 minutes.