Raspberry Dreams Food

BERRY SHORTBREAD DREAMS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in extract; gradually add flour until dough forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate until dough is easy to handle, 1 hour. , Preheat oven to 350°. Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center. Fill with jam., Bake until edges are lightly browned, 14-18 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. , If desired, spoon additional jam into cookies. Combine confectioners' sugar, extract and enough water to achieve drizzling consistency; drizzle over cookies.

RASPBERRY DREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Add vanilla and lemon juice. Mix well.
• Combine flour and salt and gradually add to the creamed mixture. Mix well.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Divide dough into three portions.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out each portion to a 1/4 inch thickness.
• Cut with a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter with crimped edges.
• Place an inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350º for 8-10 minutes until edges just begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
• Spread raspberry jam on one cookie and top with another cookie to make a sandwich. Continue until all are sandwiches.
• Combine icing ingredients until a drizzling consistency is achieved. Drizzle over cookies.

RASPBERRY DREAM DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375' degrees F.
• Mix sugar and graham cracker crumbs together, pour melted butter over crumbs, mix well; Press into bottom of 9"x13" oblong baking dish; bake for 8-10 minutes til lightly browned.
• Cool, Chill before filling.
• Beat cream cheese with sugar, milk and vanilla til smooth.
• Fold in half (1 8oz. tub) whipped topping.
• Set aside.
• Dissolve jello in boiling water, Put frozen raspberries in 1 1/2 Qt.
• mixing bowl, pour dissolved jello over and toss gently to coat all.
• To assemble: Top chilled crust with half cream cheese mixture, then half raspberry-jello mixture, spread with remaining 1/2 cream cheese mixture; top with remaining raspberry mixture; Spread remaining 8 oz.
• tub whipped topping over all.
• Chill 6-8 hours or over night.

RASPBERRY TREASURE DREAM BARS

Steps:

• Combine shortbread layer ingredients with a fork or food processor until crumbly.
• Press into the bottom of a buttered 9x13 baking dish.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350*, until lightly browned. Remove and let cool for 10 -15 minutes.
• Then spread the jam over the baked shortbread layer.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips over jam layer.
• Combine Crumb topping ingredients with a fork or food processor until crumbly then sprinkle over chocolate chip layer.
• Bake at 350* for 15-20 minutes. Until top layer is lightly browned.

OMG!! RASPBERRY DREAM BARS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar and stir with a fork.
• Press crumb mixture into a 9x13 pan. Flatten out with the bottom of a cup measure.
• Drizzle and spread condensed milk over the bread crumbs.
• Place in the freezer for 10 minutes to firm up a little.
• Spoon and gently spread raspberry jam over the top.
• Sprinkle coconut cashews and white chocolate chips over the top.
• press down gently with your hands.
• Bake at 350 for 35 minutes until coconut gets goldden brown.

RASPBERRY DREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and flour a 12 cup Bundt pan, 10" tube pan or 2 -9" cake pans.
• Defrost raspberries and drain, reserving syrup in a measuring cup. Add water if necessary to make 1/2 cup.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons of the.
• raspberries for the frosting.
• Put cake mix, eggs, oil, pudding mix, the 1/2 cup of raspberry syrup,.
• and remaining raspberries in a mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Pour into pan(s) and bake 50-55 minutes for Bundt or tube pan, or 25 to 30 minutes for 9" layers, or until cake tester comes out clean.
• Let stand 15 minutes before removing from pan.
• Cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting, creaming the butter with the confectionary sugar.
• Beat in raspberries and almond extract.
• Frost cooled cake.

RASPBERRY NUT DREAMS

Steps:

• heat oven to 350.
• lightly spray 16 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• in a food processor, process nuts untll coarse chopped.
• add brown sugar and proces until combined.
• set aside.
• in same food processor process cream cheese, 2 tablespoons nut mixture and 1 tablespoon raspberry liquid.
• seperate dough unto 8 biscuits.
• seperate each into 2 layers.
• lightly press each round in bottom and up side of muffin cup.
• spoon 1 half of tablespoon cream cheese mixture into each dough lined cup.
• top evenly with raspberries.
• 1 tablespoon of nut mixture and 1 tablespoon of coconut.
• bake 14-22 minutes.