Lemon Puckers Food

TRIPLE LEMON CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a muffin pan with 12 cupcake liners. Combine the flour and almonds in a food processor and pulse until the almonds are finely ground, about 1 minute. Add the baking powder, baking soda and salt and pulse to combine.
• Whisk the eggs, sugar, buttermilk, vegetable oil and lemon zest and juice in a large bowl. Add the flour mixture and whisk until just combined. Divide the batter among the muffin cups, filling them three-quarters of the way. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool in the pan 5 minutes; remove to a rack to cool completely.
• Make the frosting: Combine 2/3 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan; cook over medium-high heat until a candy thermometer registers 240 degrees F, about 12 minutes. Beat the egg whites in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until foamy; increase the speed to medium high and beat until soft peaks form, 2 minutes. Sprinkle in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff peaks form, 3 minutes. With the mixer running, slowly pour in the sugar syrup and beat until cool and glossy, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the butter a little at a time, beating until incorporated. (It's OK if the mixture looks curdled at first; continue beating.) Beat in the food coloring, then add the lemon zest and juice and beat until smooth, 2 more minutes.
• Make the candied zest: Remove the lemon zest with a vegetable peeler and slice into thin strands. Place in a small saucepan, cover with water and bring to a simmer over high heat. Drain the zest and return it to the saucepan; cover with water and repeat 2 more times. Bring the sugar and 3/4 cup water to a bare simmer in a separate saucepan, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add the lemon zest strands and cook over low heat, 20 minutes. Drain the zest and arrange in clusters on a parchment-lined baking sheet; let dry.
• Frost the cupcakes and top with the candied lemon zest.

LEMON PUCKERS

Steps:

• Cream the butter and cream cheese. Add the sugar and then the egg yolk. Add the lemon rind and mix well. Mix the salt with flour and add in small amounts to the butter-sugar mixture, blending well after each addition. Add the walnuts and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.
• When the dough is ready to bake, form it into three logs, each approximately 6 inches long, and flatten the logs slightly. Cut 12 1-by-3-inch ovals from each log.
• Bake the cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet at 325 for 18 to 22 minutes, until they are lightly browned.
• Cool the cookies on racks and glaze with a mixture of the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice.

PUCKER-UP LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350°F.
• Grease 13x9-inch baking pan.
• In large bowl mix cake mix, gelatin, water, eggs and oil.
• Beat on low speed of mixer until combined.
• Beat on high 2 minutes until smooth.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35-40 minutes until toothpick inserted comes clean.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Stir together powdered sugar and lemon juice, adding more water if needed to make a thinner glaze for drizzling.
• Spoon glaze over hot cake.
• Let stand until cool or serve slightly warm.

LEMON PUCKER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Crust:.
• In food processor fitted with steel blade, crush graham crackers. Gradually mix in melted butter and sugar scraping sides so butter is evenly mixed with crackers. Press mixture into 10 inch spring form pan. Bake at 425 degrees for 7 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Filling:.
• Cream cheese and sugar in food processor until well-blended. Add eggs and beat well. Add remainder of ingredients and blend. Pour into cooled crust. Put in a 250 degree oven and bake for 2 hours {if convection oven, bake 1-3/4 hours and test}.
• Remove and top with sour cream topping and bake 5 more minutes.
• Turn.oven off and leave in oven with door slightly ajar to cool completely very important do not miss this step!
• Cover and chill at least 8 - 24 hours. Serves 16.
• Note: I use a 9 inch spring form pan I would not use an 8 inch as I feel that it would be too much batter for that size pan. I feel that a 10 inch spring form pan would work very well if you are needing more than 16 full slices and perhaps wanting a cheesecake not as high as what a 9 inch spring form pan will provide. If using a 10 inch spring form pan I would definitely double the crust recipe from the Lemon Pucker Cheesecake recipe and this recipe would lend itself to being made 1/4 larger in ingredients for a 10 inch spring form pan only if you wanted a much larger cheesecake for a 10 inch pan. Eat and weep!

PUCKER UP! LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups flour, butter, confectioner's sugar together and gently press into 9x13 baking dish.
• Bake 20 minutes at 350.
• Vigorously whisk remaining ingredients together until frothy and fully incorporated.
• Upon removal of "shell" from oven, pour liquid into pan and immediately return to oven for about twenty minutes or until top begins to brown.
• Remove from oven and cool, then dust with confectioner's sugar.