Melting Moments Rum Flavored Recipes

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/ AUSTRALIA

Steps:

• Biscuits.
• Beat the butter until light and creamy. Add the powdered sugar and beat until combined. Add the cornstarch, plain flour and vanilla, and mix at slow speed until just blended together. For firmer biscuits, add extra flour at this stage.
• Lightly butter and flour a baking tray and preheat the oven to 325°F
• Make a ball from a level dessert spoon of the mixture and place on the tray, allowing room for the biscuits to spread. Repeat with remaining mixture.
• Dip a fork into some flour, knocking off any excess and make an imprint with the tines, flattening the biscuits a little.
• Place the tray on the centre shelf of the oven and bake slowly until the biscuits are just coloured, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven with a spatula and place the biscuits on cake rack.
• To make icing:.
• Beat the butter with a wooden spoon. Add the powdered sugar and beat until the sugar is almost absorbed with the butter. Add the vanilla and salt and with the addition of a little boiling water, bring to a thick and creamy consistency, balancing with a little more powdered sugar if necessary.
• To finish the biscuits, join 2 biscuits together with a tsp of icing spread with a knife. Return to a cooling rack until the icing is completely set before removing to an airtight container.

MELTING MOMENTS (COOKIES/BISCUITS)

Steps:

• Grease two baking sheets.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk.
• Add the vanilla flavouring, stir in the flour to give a smooth dough and divide into about 24 portions.
• Form each piece into a ball and roll in crushed cornflakes.
• Place the balls on the baking sheets and bake in the oven at 190°C (375°F) mark 5 for 15 - 20 minutes.
• Cool on the baking sheets for a few moments before lifting on to a wire rack.
• VARIATION.
• Instead of cornflakes, use 50 g (2 oz) rolled oats. Press half a glace cherry 8in the centre of each biscuit.

CAFE STYLE MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180degrees (350F).
• Place the butter, icing sugar and vanilla in a bowl and beat with electric beaters until light and fluffly.
• Stir in the flour and cornflour until combined. The more evenly mixed the ingredients are, the meltier the biscuit so be sure to mix well!
• OPTIONAL:Place all the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a fluted nozzle.
• Pipe 3cm (1inch) rounds onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Best to start piping by piping the circular outline of the biscuit and working your way in a circular clockwise motion towards the middle of the biscuit. NOTE:If you do not wish to use a piping bag, simply roll balls measuring approx 2 teaspoon full of mixture onto the lined trays. Flatten slightly. Be sure to leave room for spreading. This amount of batter makes approx 32 individual biscuits.
• Cook for 12-14 minutes until biscuits are just golden. They may still look a little soft in the middle but they set upon cooling.
• Cool on trays.
• To make the filling: Place the butter, icing sugar, lemon juice and rind in a bowl and beat with electric beaters until fluffly and creamy. Pipe (or apply with knife) onto half the biscuits and sandwich with the remaining buscuits. Variations on this filling can be done with ORANGE; Replace the lemon juice and lemon rind with the same quantity of orange juice and rind. This can also be done with LIME in the same manner. These also taste good with caramel filling!

MELTING MOMENTS

Steps:

• Whisk together in a medium bowl flour, cornstarch, and salt.
• In a food processor fitte with the metal blade, process the powdered sugar until very fine.
• Cut the butter into a few pieces and add it in the food processor with the motor running.
• Process until smooth and creamy.
• Pulse in the vanilla extract.
• Scrape the sides of the bowl.
• Add the flour mixture and pulse in just until incorporated.
• Scrape the dough into a bowl and refrigerate it for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Form dough into"ropes" 1/2 inch in diameter and 2 1/2 inch long.
• Curve dough into crescent shape.
• Place dough on cookie sheet covered in parchment paper (or buttered cookie sheet).
• Bake for 10-15 minutes or until just beginning to brown around the bottom edges.
• Allow cookies to cool on sheets for a few minutes.
• Transfer cookies to powdered sugar and roll gently.
• Careful: these cookies are delcate!