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INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 cup flour
3/4 cup butter , softened
DIRECTIONS
Sift cornstarch, sugar and flour together.
Blend in butter until combined and then use hands to knead into a soft dough.
Shape dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Place dough in the bottom of a greased 9×9-inch pan and bake at 300°F for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool [...]
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter , softened
2/3 cup brown sugar , firmly packed
1/3 cup cornstarch
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups honey roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped and divided
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Beat butter at medium speed until creamy.
Combine brown sugar and cornstarch and add gradually to butter, beating well.
Gradually add flour and salt to butter mixture.
Beat at low speed until just blended.
Add vanilla and 1 cup peanuts.
Beat at low speed until just blended.
Turn dough [...]
INGREDIENTS
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
2 cups butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 (4 2/3ounce)packages Andes mints candies, broken into pieces (28 pcs. per box)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Using a hand mixer, cream the sugar, butter, and vanilla together.
Mix in the flour and cocoa powder.
By hand, fold the mints into the dough.
Spoon by rounded teaspoons onto an ungreased baking sheet, about 1 inch apart, they do not [...]
INGREDIENTS
Crust
1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
lemon filling
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
6 tablespoons sour cream
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon zest
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350°F.
For Crust:.
In food processor, pulse together flour, sugar, lemon zest and salt. Add in butter (chilled cut into several pieces) and pulse until mixture is crumbly (with pea size chunks of butter remaining). Press evenly into a 9 x 13 inch pan and bake [...]
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 cup butter
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 cup rice flour
1/3 cup mixed candied fruit
2 tablespoons icing sugar
DIRECTIONS
Cream icing sugar and butter until fluffy.
Combine flours and add to the butter mixture, in small portions.
Stir in mixed candied fruit.
Turn batter out into a 9 x 13 pan.Press to the sides and smooth with the back of a spoon.
Score into bars with a sharp knife and prick the [...]