The Pampered Chef ® Caramel Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

Caramel Thumbprint Cookies – YUM!

These little babies are absolutely DELICIOUS!  My eldest daughter made them first and they are a complete doddle. They look kind of cute but when you eat one they are beyond divine!  Anyway, please try!

Ingredients

60 g salted butter, softened
30 g light soft brown sugar
100 g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
1 egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
40 g dairy toffees (about 5 toffees)
2 teaspoons milk
Icing sugar, for dusting (optional)

Method

• Preheat oven to 180ºC/fan 160ºC/Gas 4.
• Line base of Medium Sheet Pan with non-stick baking paper; set aside.
• Process butter and brown sugar in Manual Food Processor until smooth and creamy. Add flour, egg yolk and vanilla extract; process until a soft crumb-like mixture forms.
• Carefully remove blade. Bring the mixture together by hand to form a smooth ball of dough. On a lightly floured surface, divide dough into 16 even-sized pieces using Utility Knife. Roll each piece of dough into a ball by hand.
• Place dough balls on prepared pan, spacing evenly apart. Using thumb, make a small indentation in centre of each dough ball. Bake cookies 12 – 14 minutes or until a pale golden colour.
• Meanwhile, place toffees and milk in (500-ml) Prep BowlM/B>. Microwave, uncovered, on HIGH 30 – 40 seconds or until toffees are nearly melted. Stir until smooth and well combined; set aside.
• Remove cookies from oven. Carefully slide baking paper and cookies onto Stackable Cooling Rack. Spoon toffee mixture into wells of cookies; let cool 5 minutes or until cookies are firm enough to handle.
• Transfer cookies to serving plate using Mini Nylon Serving Spatula. Lightly dust with icing sugar, if desired. Serve warm or cold.

Yield: Makes 16

Per serving: Nutrition information per cookie: Energy 1183kJ/282kcal, Protein 3.4g, Carbohydrate 33.6g, Sugars 12.7g, Fat 16g, Saturated fat 9.3g, Fibre 0.8g, Salt 0.5g

Cook’s Tip: The cookies can also be baked on the Rectangle Stone lined with non-stick baking paper. Bake cookies 15 – 17 minutes or until a pale golden colour. Finish as recipe directs.
If any baked cookies lose their indentation, gently press cookie centre with the back of a teaspoon whilst still hot, prior to spooning in toffee filling.

© 2014 The Pampered Chef used under license.

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Sun-Dried Tomato & Goat’s Cheese Jalousie

This is a brand new recipe to me but, apparently, a bit of a classic to The Pampered Chef.  I have never made, nor eaten, a jalousie before – however I am completely won over!  I had been asked to do something different for a show and also a vegetarian recipe.  This was recommended to me and turned out to be an absolute winner.  It is so easy, and yet looks really great, and tastes fabulous.  Sadly, I forgot (again!) to take a photo this time. So I shall just have to make another one!  I think I might make it for a light lunch with friends, or when I am next asked to make something for a bring and share party, or just when I have some spare puff pastry that happens to make its way into my shopping trolley!!

Ingredients

1 packet (425g) frozen ready rolled puff pastry (2 sheets) defrosted
85g sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained, wiped dry
85g classic green pesto sauce
Plain flour, for dusting
1 log (approx 100-125g) soft goat’s cheese (without rind)
1 egg
1 garlic clove
Sesame Seeds, for sprinkling (optional)
Shredded fresh basil leaves, to garnish (optional)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/Gas 6. Allow pastry to stand at room temperature 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile, snip sun-dried tomatoes into small pieces using Professional Shears. Press garlic with Garlic Press. Combine sun-dried tomatoes and pesto sauce in Classic Batter Bowl; mix well using Master Scraper. Set aside.
2. Lightly dust Rectangle Stone with a little flour. Place one sheet of pastry on stone. Using Baker’s Roller®, roll pastry to form a 28 x 33 cm rectangle. Spread pesto mixture evenly over pastry using Small Spreader, leaving a 2.5 cm border around edge. Carefully slice each log of goat’s cheese using Utility Knife. Arrange goat’s cheese slices over pesto mixture in single layer. Brush edges of pastry sheet with water using Chef’s Silicone Basting Brush; set aside.
3. Roll second sheet of pastry on lightly floured, flat surface of Large Grooved Cutting Board (to rectangle of same size). Fold pastry rectangle in half lengthways. On folded-length, cut about 11 cm length strips, about 2.5 cm apart (do not cut through ends).
4. Gently open pastry sheet and place over filling; press pastry edges together to seal. Using Crinkle Cutter, trim edges of puff pastry; discard trimmings. Flute pastry edges, if desired. Beat egg in Small Bamboo Fibre Bowl with Stainless Mini Whisk; brush over surface of pastry. Sprinkle sesame seeds evenly over top, if desired.
5. Bake 25-30 minutes or until deep golden brown. Remove to Stackable Cooling Rack; cool slightly. Sprinkle with shredded basil leaves, if desired.
6. Cut into squares using Pizza Cutter; serve warm using Mini-Serving Spatula.

Giant Pizza Cookie

This is a fantastic ‘pizza’ as a pudding.  It tastes really delicious warm (so far I haven’t managed to eat any cold because it gets eaten to quickly!).  As always with Pampered Chef the recipe is quick and easy. This is also the find of recipe that kids will love to help make and then help eating later of course!

Ingredients
1 cup plain flour
¾ cup oats
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
115g butter or margarine at room temperature
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
100g dark chocolate
1 tub chocolate frosting/chocolate spread/nutella
Smarties, fudge, white chocolate (or any sweets for the topping)

Method

1.       Preheat oven to 180^oC or gas mark 4.
2.       Lightly spray Medium round stone with Kitchen spritzer, set aside.
3.       In small batter bowl mix flour, oats, baking powder and salt measured using easy read measuring cups and adjustable measuring spoons with bamboo spoon set aside
4.       In classic batter bowl beat butter and brown sugar until creamy using bamboo spoon add egg and vanilla and beat well
5.       Chop the dark chocolate with the food chopper add to the butter mixture. Add the flour mixture and mix well using mix n scraper
6.       shape the dough into a ball and place on the medium round stone, roll into a large circle using the bakers roller. 
7.       Bake for 14 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven using oven mitt and place on the stackable cooling rack
8.       cool slightly
9.       Use large spreader to cover the cookie with frosting
10.     chop fudge with forged cutlery utility knife, scatter on top with smarties and any other sweets you are using
11.       grate white chocolate on top using microplane grater fitted with the food holder
12.      Slice with pizza cutter, serve with Apple Berry Salsa and ENJOY

Susie Evans
Independent  Director for The Pampered Chef
07854 241575
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/susieevans
 

The Pampered Chef ® Savoury Cheese Bites Recipe

This is a recipe from our new Season’s best recipe book.  It has already become a firm favourite in our house.  Every party should have a set of these.  The only disadvantage to the recipe is that they are gone all too soon!  The topping does sound a little strange but is absolutely delicious. 

Biscuits
60 g Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, divided
115 g butter (in small pieces), at room temperature
150 g plain flour
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons water

Topping (optional)
40 g roasted red peppers from a jar (drained weight), well-drained and patted dry
3 tablespoons apricot conserve
1/2 teaspoon dried crushed chilli flakes

Preheat oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/Gas 6.

Grate cheese using Microplane® Adjustable Fine Grater.

To make the biscuits, combine these ingredients in Manual Food Processor in this order: 40 g of the cheese, butter, flour, egg yolk and water. Process until well blended, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary, until mixture just begins to bind to form a crumbly dough.

Place remaining cheese in Small Sheet Pan. Using a level filled Small Scoop, press dough into scoop using your fingers to mould into shape, then release directly into grated cheese and coat well on all sides.

Meanwhile make the topping, if desired. Finely dice red peppers using Chef’s Knife. Mix peppers, apricot conserve and chilli flakes in (500-ml) Prep Bowl.

Remove stone from oven. Immediately press down centre of biscuits with back of clean scoop to create wells. Using Mini-Serving Spatula, transfer biscuits to Stackable Cooling Rack; cool 10 minutes. Spoon half teaspoon of topping into wells of each biscuit. If the biscuits have topping they are best eaten on the day they are made.
Yield: Makes 24

Per serving: Nutrients per bite: Energy 295kJ/71kcal, Protein 1.7g, Carbohydrate 5.0g, Sugars 0.2g, Fat 5.0g, Saturated fat 3.1g, Fibre 0.2g, Salt 0.1g

Cook’s Tip: For easiest processing, the butter should be softened. To do this quickly, cut it into small pieces and let stand at room temperature for about 45 minutes. If the butter is not fully incorporated after processing in step 2, carefully remove the blade and transfer to 2-Litre Stainless Mixing Bowl. Stir the dough until blended using Mini Mix ‘N Scraper®. Do not knead to a smooth dough.

© 2013 The Pampered Chef used under license.