Oatmeal Tres Leches Bars Food

DULCE DE LECHE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix flour, oats, brown sugar and salt. With pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Press 3/4 of mixture in ungreased 13x9-inch pan.
• Bake 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat dulce de leche over low heat 2 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until slightly softened.
• Spread dulce de leche over partially baked crust. Sprinkle evenly with toffee bits and remaining crumb mixture. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 15 minutes.
• Run knife around sides of pan to loosen bars. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.

OATMEAL TRES LECHES BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line a 13x9 inch pan with aluminum foil leaving one inch overhang.
• Spray foil with no-stick spray.
• Beat butter, sugar and vanilla extract until creamy.
• Combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt and pecans.
• Add flour mixture to butter/ sugar mixture and stir until mixture starts to come together.
• Press 2/3 oat mixture into prepared pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• In a medium sauce pan, heat condensed milk, cream of coconut and milk over medium heat.
• Stir in white chocolate.
• Turn off heat and stir until morsels are melted.
• Pour melted white chocolate mixture over baked oatmeal crust.
• Crumble remaining oat mixture on top and bake for 20 minutes more.
• Let cool completely and chill.
• Lift foil from pan and cut into bars.

DULCE DE LECHE COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch-square baking dish with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides; coat the foil with cooking spray. Pulse 2 cups flour, the butter, confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the salt in a food processor until the mixture starts clumping together, about 1 minute. Press firmly and evenly in the bottom and 1/4 inch up the sides of the prepared pan. Bake until firm and lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the dulce de leche, heavy cream, egg yolks and the remaining 1 tablespoon flour and 2 teaspoons vanilla in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth. Pour the mixture over the crust and sprinkle with the chocolate chips and pecans. Return to the oven and bake until set around the edge but slightly jiggly in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Transfer to the rack and let cool completely. Lift out of the pan using the overhanging foil. Remove the foil and cut into pieces.

AUBERGE ROAST CHICKEN RILLETTES WITH ARMAGNAC, THYME AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 6, 400°F (200°C).
• Begin by placing the chicken joints on a rack in a shallow roasting tin, pierce them with a skewer, sprinkle salt on the skins then place them on a high shelf of the oven and leave them for 1 hour to cook. Then remove them from the oven and drain off all the fat from the roasting tin into a bowl.
• Now place the chicken joints in a solid flameproof casserole or saucepan, and sprinkle in the thyme, mace, quatre epices, chopped shallots and garlic. Then use a pestle and mortar to crush the peppercorns coarsely, and add these as well.
• Next pour in the wine, bring everything up to simmering point, then turn the heat right down to the gentlest simmer possible and leave it like that for 2 hours.
• After that, pour off all the liquid into a bowl, stir in the armagnac and reserve it; have the terrine, loaf tin, or small ramekin dishes ready.
• Take a quarter of chicken, place it on a board, and simply strip away the skin and bones, which will part very easily from the flesh. Then, using either two forks or just your hands, shred the pieces of chicken flesh as finely as possible, and pack them into the terrine or ramekin dishes.
• When you have repeated this with the other chicken quarters, press all the shreds of meat down very firmly into the terrine or ramekins, then pour in all the cooking juices with the armagnac, (there's no need to strain them).
• Melt a little duck or goose fat and pour it over the top to seal the rillettes - it will solidify as it cools.
• Lastly, decorate the surface with the thyme, bay leaves, and peppercorns - pressing into the duck or goose fat. Then as soon as it's cool put a lid on the terrine or cover with foil and place in the fridge until needed. You can make it well in advance as it will keep for about five to seven days.
• Serve with hot buttered triangles of toast and cornichons -- or a confit d'oignons -- and salad leaves!

DULCE DE LECHE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350. In a big bowl mix flour, oatmeal, brown sugar and salt. Cut in softened butter with pastry blender until crumbly. Save out 1 cup of mixture, press rest in a 13x9 pan. Do not grease the pan.
• Bake 10 minutes. Empty dulce de leche into microwave bowl. Heat dulce de leche in microwave on medium power until it is soft enough to spread. 2-4 minutes total- I microwave for 45 seconds, stir, then zap again on med power.
• Spread dulce de leche over baked crust. Sprinkle toffee bits and the 1 cup of oats mixture over that. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 15 minutes.
• Run a knife around the edge of pan to loosen. Cool completely another 30 minutes. Makes 32 bars.

GRANDMA'S OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, combine dates, water and sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened and dates are tender, stirring constantly, 7-9 minutes. Remove from heat., In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, vanilla, baking soda, salt and almond extract. Cut in shortening until crumbly. Press half onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Carefully spread with date mixture. , Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over filling; press down gently. Bake until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

PASTEL DE TRES LECHES THREE-MILK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Oil a jellyroll baking pan (15x10) and line it with waxed paper oiled on both sides.
• Separate the yolks and whites in 2 bowls.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Beat the yolks until light and lemon colored, about 20 minutes.
• The consistency should be very thick, and when you lift the beaters, the mixture should fall in one solid mass, known as the"ribbon stage.
• "Add 1/2 cup of the sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time.
• Add the vanilla and beat 3 minutes more.
• Whip the egg whites until soft peaks form.
• Add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar slowly until it makes a meringue.
• Add the whites to the yolks 1/3 at a time and fold in with a rubber spatula.
• Add the flour all at once and fold in.
• Spread the batter in the pan and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until the cake comes away from the sides of the pan.
• Let it rest for 5 minutes, then remove it from the pan and place on a clean tea towel that has been dusted with confectioner's sugar.
• Remove the waxed paper by rubbing the top of the paper with a dry cloth all over the surface and peeling off.
• Cover the cake with another tea towel and roll up the cake lengthwise in the towels, like a jellyroll, while still warm.
• For the filling: Whip the cream and vanilla until soft peaks form.
• Add the confectioner's sugar.
• Add the strawberries to the whipped cream and fold in.
• For the soaking liquid: Mix the milks with a whisk.
• Add the liquor.
• For the frosting: In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until soft and fluffy, about 10 minutes.
• Add the vanilla and mix for 2 minutes.
• Slowly add the confectioner's sugar until it is well incorporated.
• Add the milk.
• To assemble the cake: Unroll the cake and remove the tea towel from the top layer.
• Spread the whipped cream mixture on the cake.
• Using the bottom as leverage, roll it up lengthwise.
• Transfer the cake to a serving tray seam side down.
• Make holes in the cake with a skewer and drizzle the soaking liquid, slowly, letting it absorb bit by bit.
• Cover the cake with the frosting.