Vanilla Butter Food

QUICK VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk, mix together sugar and butter. Mix on low speed until well blended and then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.
• Add vanilla and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more cream if needed for spreading consistency.

BASIC VANILLA BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. With mixer on low speed, add 6 cups sugar, milk, and vanilla; mix until light and fluffy. If necessary, gradually add remaining 2 cups sugar to reach desired consistency.

VANILLA BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Cream the butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl if using a handheld electric mixer). On low speed, beat in the powdered sugar and then the salt. Add the vanilla, increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in 2 tablespoons milk; adjust the consistency with extra milk as desired. Use immediately, or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Allow to come to room temperature and beat on medium-high until smooth.

VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and butter with spoon or electric mixer on low speed. Stir in vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk.
• Gradually beat in just enough remaining milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar. Frosts 13x9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts an 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake.

VANILLA BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Mix 3 tbsp butter, melted, 2-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, 3 tbls water and 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract until smooth.
• Let stand 3 minutes or until thickened.
• Drizzle on cake.

VANILLA BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg, vanilla, and almond extract, if using, and beat well.
• Mix in flour.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake 10-12 minutes.

VANILLA BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour three 8-inch round pans.
• Combine the buttermilk, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla in a bowl or large measuring cup and whisk until smooth.
• Combine the sugar, cake flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in the bowl of your stand mixer. Whisk to combine the dry ingredients.
• Place the mixer bowl on the mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. With the mixer on low, begin adding chunks of softened butter and continue blending until the mixture is sandy and no visible chunks of butter remain. Add 1/4 of the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and blend on low to combine. Raise the mixer to medium-high speed and beat for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl and beater halfway through beating. Add half of the remaining liquid ingredients to the bowl, blend on low to combine and then scrape the bowl. Add the remaining liquid ingredients and continue to blend on the lowest speed for 2 minutes.
• Divide the batter into the prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out with a few most crumbs stuck to it, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool the layers in their pans for 15 minutes, then turn them onto a cooling rack and carefully wrap them in plastic wrap while they cool completely.

VANILLA BUTTER CREAM

Steps:

• Cook the sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, and water in a saucepan over medium heat to 245 degrees F. At 235 degrees F wash down the side of the pan with a brush soaked in water to remove sugar crystals. Pour the cooked batch into a mixing bowl and let it cool to 110 degrees F. If sugar crystals form on top of the batch as it is cooling, sprinkle the sugar crystals lightly with water to dissolve.
• Melt the butter. When the sugar mixture reaches 110 degrees F, start the mixer on slow speed and add the flour and butter. Continue mixing until batch becomes semi-firm. Pour batch onto a table (previously sprinkled with flour). Dip hands into flour and knead batch until it is soft and creamy. Take small sections of the batch and roll it into a 1-inch diameter tube. Cut the tube with a butter knife into bite size pieces. Roll each piece and place on waxed paper. Keep at room temperature (65 to 75 degrees F) for 4 to 24 hours. Coat the pieces with chocolate. The coated vanilla butter creams may be eaten after another 24 hours.

VANILLA BUTTER

Steps:

• Make the vanilla butter while the bread is rising. Cream the butter and sugar. Slowly beat in the vanilla.
• Transfer the mixture to a serving bowl, cover it and chill. Remove it from the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before serving. The butter should be soft and spreadable.

VANILLA BUTTER

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in small bowl until well blended and smooth. Cover.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

VANILLA BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• Place icing sugar and butter in a bowl and add boiling water slowly, stop when it is the consistency you want.
• Stir until it spreadable and add vanilla essence.
• Ices a 20cm cake.
• Add 1/4 cup cocoa powder for a chocolate version.

VANILLA BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed cream butter until smooth.
• On low speed gradually add powdered sugar alternating with milk, adding more if needed, until at desired consistency. Add vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy.

LOBSTER RAVIOLI WITH VANILLA BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Dice the lobster meat (you can use shrimp or scallops for this, or a mixture which is what I do).
• Clean the mushrooms and dice and saute in butter in a large sauce pan.
• Add the shallot and mix in the creme fraiche and quickly bring to a boil.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add the chives and lobster meat.
• gently blend.
• Simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Vanilla Butter Sauce----------------.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
• Add the shallots and simmer until soft.
• Add the vinegar and white wine, cook, uncovered at a low boil until the mixture reduces to about 2 Tablespoons.
• Lower the heat to moderate and add a few cubes of butter, remove the pan form the heat and whisk vigorously until the butter is blended inches.
• Continue to add the butter this way-on the heat, off the heat.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
• Scrape the vanilla bean and whisk it into the sauce.
• Strain the sauce into a clean saucepan, using pressure with a wooden spoon to make sure that as much of the vanilla and shallots goes through as possible.
• Putting it together--------------------.
• Roll out your pasta dough by machine or hand and lay flat.
• It should be about 5 inches across.
• Place about 1/2 T of lobster mixture, 4 to a row.
• Repeat and top with a fresh sheet of dough.
• Press down with hands and cut into squares.
• Crimp with a fork.
• Repeat.
• You can use won ton wrappers if you prefer.
• Put ravioli into a boiling pot of salted water-they cook very fast.
• When they float to the surface they are done.
• Remove, drain and place in a serving dish, topped with the sauce.
• By the way, I double the sauce!