Mrs Irvings Delicious Shortbread Anne Of Green Gables Recipes

MRS IRVING'S DELICIOUS SHORTBREAD - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• You Will Need:.
• large mixing bowl.
• electric mixer.
• measuring cups.
• measuring spoons.
• medium mixing bowl.
• fork.
• extra flour for dusting.
• rolling pin.
• cookie cutters.
• metal spatula.
• cookie sheet.
• extra sugar for sprinkling.
• oven mitts.
• Preheat the oven to 350*.
• In the large mixing bowl, cream the butter with the electric mixer until it is soft, smooth and fluffy.
• Add the icing sugar, a little at a time, and beat until smooth.
• Measure and add the flour, salt, and baking powder to the medium mixing bowl. Mix with the fork.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until well mixed.
• Dust the rolling pin and a clean place on the counter with the extra flour. Turn the dough onto the floured surface and roll it out into a large circle - about 1/4 inch thick.
• With the cookie cutters, cut the dough into any shapes you like.
• With the metal spatula, lift the shortbreads onto a greased cookie sheet. Place them about 1/2 inch apart. Prick each shortbread twice with a fork and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake the shortbreads for 20 - 25 minutes until they turn light brown around the edges.
• With oven mitts, remove the cookie sheet from the oven. With the metal spatula, immediately lift the shortbreads onto a plate.

ANNE'S LINIMENT CAKE - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• Equipment You Will Need:.
• 2 - 9 inch round cake pans.
• sifter.
• large mixing bowl.
• measuring cups.
• measuring spoons.
• wooden spoon.
• electric mixer.
• small bowl.
• rubber spatula.
• toothpicks.
• 2 cooling racks.
• oven mitts.
• metal spatula.
• Directions:.
• Grease and flour the cake pans. Pre-heat the oven to 350*F.
• Measure out the sifted four, baking powder, salt and sugar and mix together in the large bowl.
• Add the melted butter and the milk to the flour mixture and stir with the wooden spoon.
• Beat the mixture for 1 minute with the electric mixer.
• Break the eggs into the small bowl. add them with the vanilla to the cake batter, then beat with the mixer for another 3 minutes, constantly scraping down the sides of the bowl with the rubber spatula.
• Pour the cake batter evenly into the two cake pans. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
• Test the cakes with a toothpick. When they are done, use oven mitts to take them from the oven. Let them cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
• Slide the blade of the metal spatula around the edges of the cakes to loosen them from the pans.
• Place one of the cakes on a cooling rack. Place a second cooling rack on top. Hold the two racks together and flip the whole thing over. The cake is now upside-down on the rack.
• Gently lift off the pan and transfer your cake to a plate. Repeat with the other cake.
• Let the two layers cool completely before frosting.

AFTERNOON RUBY TEA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Measure the sifted flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt and mix with fork in large mixing bowl.
• Cut in vegetable shortening until it looks like coarse bread crumbs.
• Add the milk and mix it into the flour with fork-but only until the mixture will form a soft ball.
• Place the ball of dough on a lightly floured surface and knead it 12 times.
• Rub some flour on rolling pin and roll the dough until it's about 1/4 inch thick.
• With a large biscuit cutter cut circles, very close together, in the dough. Use a straight downward motion and do not twist the cutter.
• With a spatula lift HALF of the circles, one at a time onto a cookie sheet and arrange them about 1 inch apart.
• With a small cutter cut a hole in the center of the rest of the circles to make rings and lift out the centers. Set the centers aside.
• Place the rings on top of the circles on the cookie sheet.
• Place a teaspoon of red jam or jelly in each ring.
• Bake biscuits for 12-15 minutes until golden.
• Immediately take bicsuits off cookie sheet with spatula.
• With centers bake into little biscuits.

TANTALIZING RASPBERRY TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles tiny peas.
• Combine egg yolk, water, and lemon juice with a fork.
• Sprinkle egg yolk mixture over flour mixture and stir together with a fork until it forms a ball.
• Pull small pieces of pastry from the ball and press into bottom and sides of the tart pans to about 1/8 inch thickness. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Combine cornstarch and cold water in a small saucepan until smooth. Stir in sugar and raspberries. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until thickened, about 10-15 minutes. Allow mixture to cool.
• Spoon filling evenly into tart shells, filling each no more than 2/3 full.
• Bake at 425° F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° F and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until pastry is golden brown.
• Remove from oven and cool, in pans, for 15 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling racks and cool completely.