Muenster Monster Hash Brown Fingers Recipes

CORNED BEEF HASH WAFFLES

Steps:

• For the corned beef: Add the brisket, peppercorns, coriander and bay leaves to a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil and then lower to a simmer. Simmer until the meat is very tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
• Remove the brisket from the liquid, allow to cool slightly and shred with a fork. Transfer to a large bowl.
• For the waffles: Preheat a waffle iron and spray with cooking spray.
• Add the shredded potatoes, eggs, onion and some salt and pepper to the bowl with the meat. Scoop 2 cups of the mixture into the waffle iron, pressing down gently to spread out in an even layer. Cook for 10 minutes. Repeat with the remaining waffle mixture. Garnish with chives.

SHORTBREAD "FINGERS"

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the flour and salt and work the mixture with your fingers or a pastry blender until all the flour is incorporated. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
• When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. On a lightly floured surface, roll half the dough until it's 1/4-inch thick. Using a small knife, cut out finger-sized strips, about 3 inches tall, rounding each finger at the top as shown. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Roll and cut the second half of the dough, and place the baking sheets in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. You can gather together scraps and re-roll them.
• Bake for 15 minutes, until the shortbread is very lightly golden. Do not let the cookies brown. Remove to a wire rack and cool.
• When the cookies are completely cool, melt the chocolate chips in the microwave in a heatproof bowl for 1 minutes. The chips may look unmelted, but stir them with a spoon to see if they have actually softened before putting them in for another minute, if necessary.
• Spoon the melted chocolate into a zipper-lock bag. Seal the bag, pressing out any air. Use a toothpick to make a very tiny hole in one corner of the bag to release a thin stream of chocolate for writing. Decorate the fingers by piping a fingernail at the rounded end, and three horizontal lines to mark the joint at mid-finger. Decorate tombstones with crosses and writing as desired. Allow the chocolate to set before stacking the cookies.

MONSTER COOKIE DOUGH

Steps:

• Put the flour in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high until the flour reaches a temperature of 180 degrees F, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Whisk to get rid of as many lumps as you can. Set it aside to cool.
• In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the peanut butter, brown sugar, sugar, butter, heavy cream, vanilla and salt and mix on medium-high, scraping down the sides of the bowl periodically with a rubber spatula to ensure that everything gets combined, until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the flour and oats and mix to combine. Add the M&M's and mix to combine. Store by the scoop or in balls in the fridge in an airtight container for up to a week.

SAVORY SEVERED MONSTER FINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
• Open a can of crescent rolls, and unroll the dough.
• Place one triangular piece of crescent roll dough on the cookie sheet.
• Put a cocktail smokie in the wide end of the dough triangle.
• Roll the dough around the sausage. You should have one layer of dough covering it completely-no edges peeking out! This is the base of the finger, and you should still have some crescent roll dough left over.
• Roll the remaining dough to form the rest of the finger, tapering it at the end and rounding it off so it looks realistic.
• Put 1/2 of an olive on the end of the finger. Tuck the edges into the dough so that it looks like a fingernail. Use a knife to score "wrinkles" into the knuckles.
• Put the fingers in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, until they are golden brown.