Gourmet Cookie Bouquets Recipe Blog

Archive for January, 2008

Ingredients:

• 1 box Angel Food Cake Mix (one step type)

• 1 can (22 oz.) lemon pie filling

• 1 cup flaked coconut

Glaze

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar

• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice

Mix together the dry cake mix and pie filling in a large bowl. Stir in the coconut. Place mixture in a lightly greased 10”x15”x1” pan. Bake bars for 20 to 25 minutes at 350°until golden. Cool bars and then drizzle with the glaze. Cut gourmet desserts into squares for serving.

NOTE – Also works well with cherry pie filling and glaze made with milk instead of lemon juice. 

For more lemon goodness, try these recipes:

• Lemon Raspberry Frozen Dessert
• Lemon Chicken
• Raspberry Lemon Gelatin Salad
• Lemon Pecan Sticky Rolls

A delectable twist on traditional turtle candies – these bars are easy to make and just as tasty as the gourmet chocolate candies!

Crust

• 2 cups flour

• 1/2 cup softened butter

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

• 2 cups whole pecans

In a large mixing bowl, mix all the crust ingredients (except pecans) with an electric mixer on high speed until well blended and crumbly (about 2 – 3 minutes). Pat crust mixture firmly into an ungreased 9x13” pan. Press whole pecans into unbaked crust.

Caramel Layer

• 2/3 cup butter

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 1 – 12 oz. package milk chocolate chips

In a heavy duty 1 quart saucepan, cook the brown sugar and butter over medium heat stirring constantly. Once mixture comes to a boil, time for 1 minute. Remove immediately from heat. Pour caramel mixture evenly over the crust and pecans. Bake at 350° for 18 to 22 minutes until the caramel layer is bubbly and crust is golden brown. Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips. After allowing the chips to melt a couple minutes, run a knife through them to swirl the chips for a marbled effect on top of the bars. Cool completely, cut into cookie sized squares and store in an airtight container.

If you really enjoyed this recipe, you'll love this recipe for Rich Turtle Brownies.

• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

• 1 cup dates, pitted and diced

• 1/2 cup crushed walnuts

• Bag of Ritz or Hi Ho Crackers

Frosting

• 3 oz. cream cheese, softened

• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

• 1 tsp. vanilla

In a heavy saucepan, melt the condensed milk and dates together over medium heat stirring constantly until a thick paste forms. Mix in the gourmet nuts. Spread the mixture on open-faced crackers. Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. For the frosting, beat the 3 ingredients together with an electric mixture on medium speed until smooth. Frost each cracker. Store the cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

If you liked these cookies, try this next recipe for Scandinavian Rosette Cookies.

This monster sized recipe can be cut in half or even fourths to accommodate a smaller event or family. No matter how many you choose to make, the cookie monsters in your life will love them!

• 1 lb shortening

• 2 lbs brown sugar

• 2 lbs white sugar

• 1 dozen eggs

• 1/4 cup vanilla

• 3 lbs peanut butter

• 1 lb chocolate chips

• 1 lb chopped walnuts

• 8 tsp. soda

• 1 lb plain M&M candies

• 18 cups oatmeal

In a giant size mixing bowl, cream together the sugars and shortening. Add the eggs and vanilla stirring well. Mix in the rest of the ingredients until thoroughly blended together. Drop by spoonful onto cookie sheet for regular size cookies or by ice cream scoopful for true giant cookies. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until golden brown. Recipe makes 20 dozen regular sized gourmet cookies. NOTE – this dough freezes well so bake as many as you need when you make the dough and then divide the rest of the dough into smaller batches to freeze in plastic wrap and tin foil (or a freezer Ziploc bag). Then just take out the dough, thaw it, and bake as directed.

To learn more on cookie bouquets, try this article All About Cookie Bouquets.

These aptly named cookies taste like a million bucks!

• 1 cup shortening

• 1/2 cup white sugar

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

• 1/2 tsp. baking soda

• 2 cups flour

• 2 cups chopped nuts

In a large mixing bowl, cream together shortening and sugars. Add the egg and vanilla mixing well. Mix in the other dry ingredients, folding in the gourmet nuts last. Drop by the teaspoonful onto a greased cookie sheet. Press each one down with a fork dipped in sugar. Bake at 375° for 9 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and store in an airtight container.

For more fun cookie recipes, try:

• Persian Walnut Cookies
• Gingerbread Cookies
• Sugar Topped Cookies
• Swedish Creme Cookies
• Almond Cookies