Gourmet Cookie Bouquets Recipe Blog

Archive for May, 2008

Ingredients:

• 1 cup minute tapioca

• 4 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp. green food coloring
• 2 cups fresh coconut, grated or 2 cups flaked coconut

Wash and drain the tapioca. Bring the water and sugar to a boil; stir in the tapioca and cook until transparent. Add the food coloring. Pour into a greased 8x8 inch pan. Chill. Cut in squares and coat all sides with coconut.

These might remind you of the coconut cookies that we tend to talk about.

Click here for a coconut cookie recipe!

If you're a fan of cookies, then you'll love these cookie bars!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar

• 1 cup oatmeal

• 3/4 cup flour

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 1/4 tsp. soda

• 1/2 cup margarine

• 1 beaten egg

• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 1/2 cup walnuts

Combine together the first 5 ingredients (all dry). Then add the wet ingredients including the margarine, egg, lemon juice and vanilla. Mix together well using an electric mixer on low speed. Fold in the walnuts. Spread cookie dough evenly in an 8” square pan. Bake at 350° for 40 to 45 minutes (until golden brown). Cut into square cookies and serve.

For more tasty bar recipes, try these:

• S'Mores Cookie Bars Recipe
• Eatmore Bars
• Heaven Bars
• Almond Bark Bars

There is really nothing like baking gourmet desserts. That's why this recipe is a thriller!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups sugar

• 1/2 cup margarine

• 2 eggs

• 1 cup sour cream

• 3 large bananas, mashed

• 2 tsp. vanilla

• 1 tsp. salt

• 1 tsp. soda

• 2 cups flour

Cream together the sugar and margarine in a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs and sour cream mixing well. Then add the bananas and vanilla mixing well. Sift together the flour, soda and salt. Then mix them in with the wet ingredients. Pour the gourmet banana bar mixture into a greased and floured 15”x10”x1” pan. Bake at 375° for 20 to 25 minutes. Use a toothpick to test bar doneness. Cool completely prior to frosting.

Brown Butter Frosting

• 1/4 cup butter

• 3 Tbsp. sour cream

• 2 cups powdered sugar

Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat stirring constantly until light browned and bubbly. After removing from the heat stir in the sour cream until mixed well. Add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar at a time beating with an electric mixer between each addition until you achieve a fluffy, creamy frosting consistency. Frost and cut bars into squares. Store gourmet bars in the refrigerator.

If you're wanting more banana treats, try this recipe for Banana Nut Bread.

If you love gourmet caramel apples then you will love this recipe for caramel apple oat bars.

Ingredients:

• 1 2/4 cup flour

• 1 cup quick cooking oatmeal

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

• 1/2 tsp. baking soda

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 1 cup cold margarine

• 1 cup chopped walnuts

• 20 caramels

• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

• 1 can apple pie filling

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugar, soda and salt. Using a pastry cutter or the back of a large spoon, mix in the margarine until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of crumb mixture for later use and then press the rest with fingers in the bottom of a greased 9x13” pan. Bake at 375° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

Melt caramels with sweetened condensed milk by placing the unwrapped caramels and milk in a microwave safe bowl and microwaving on high in 30-second intervals. Check and stir the caramel mixture after every 30 seconds and if it isn’t melted, go another 30 second interval. Mixture should be smooth. Spoon apple filling over prepared and cooled crust. Top with melted caramel mixture. Mix 1 cup of walnuts in with the reserved crumb mixture and then sprinkle evenly over the top. Bake bars 20 minutes or until set. Cool and cut into squares.

For more tasty caramel recipes, try:

• Snicker Caramel Apple Salad Recipe
• Campfire S'mores Caramel Apples
• Easy Overnight Bundt Caramel Rolls
• Custard with Caramel Syrup
• Caramel Nut Candy Bars

• 1/2 cup whole natural almonds (gourmet nuts)
  

• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

• 2 tsp. baking powder

• 1/4 tsp. salt

• 1 cup shreds of wheat bran cereal

• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar

• 3/4 cup milk

• 1/4 cup orange juice

• 1 tsp. grated orange peel

• 1 egg

• 1/4 cup vegetable or almond oil

Spread almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly toasted. Cool and chop. In crease the oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, combine the cereal, sugar, milk, orange juice, and peel. Let stand 2 minutes or until cereal is softened. Add egg and oil; beat well. Stir in the almonds. Add the liquid mixture; stir just until moistened. Batter will be lumpy; do not over mix. Spoon batter evenly into 12 greased 2 ½ inch muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

If you love almonds, you'll love these recipes:

• Almond-Cognac Sponge Cake
• Almond Pleasure
• Almond Pound Cake
• Almond and Peach Ramekins