Shortbreadpuffsalsocalledmeltingmoments Recipes

AUSSIE MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160 deg Celsius Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• Beat butter, icing sugar/mixture and vanilla essence with an electric mixer until pale and creamy.
• Sift together flour and cornflour, and add to the butter mixture.
• Mix together gently with a wooden spoon, and then with your hands.
• Use lightly floured hands to roll mix into walnut-sized balls.
• Put on trays about 5cm apart, and flatten with a lightly floured fork to about 1cm thick.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, swapping trays in oven halfway through (ie. at 7 minutes), until cooked through.
• Cool on baking trays.
• Filling: Use an electric mixer to beat butter, icing sugar/mixture and cocoa together until well-combined.
• Sandwich cooled biscuits together with the filling then lightly dust with icing sugar.
• Vary the filling flavour by substituting the cocoa with one of the following:.
• grated rind of 1 orange.
• grated rind of 1 lemon.
• 1 tbsp of passionfruit pulp.

MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Mix butter, flour and powdered sugar.
• Roll into balls the size of ping-pong balls.
• Place on cookie sheet and flatted to about 1/2 inch.
• Bake at 425* for just a few minutes until the edges just begin to show color (really watch them closely!) When cool, frost with the icing mixture on the FLAT side- to create a sandwich cookie.
• (You can just frost the cookie tops to double the cookie total. Also, you may substitute almond extract and a touch of red coloring for the cherry juice).

MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add almond extract.
• Sift dry ingredients.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Chill dough for at least 1 hour.
• Shape level teaspoons of dough into balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.
• Cool.
• Top with frosting.
• Frosting.
• Melt butter in sauce pan.
• Remove from heat and stir in flavorings and powdered sugar.
• Add cream to spreading consistency.
• Tint frosting with colors of your choice.

MELT - IN - YOUR - MOUTH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whip butter with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, and flour. Beat on low for one minute, then on high for 3 to 4 minutes. Drop cookies by spoonfuls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Watch that the edges don't brown too much. Cool on wire racks.