Peanut Butter Dreams
Vt cup butter
Vi cup peanut butter
Vi cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup flour
2 eggs Cj cup), well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup firmly packed light brown augar
' cup flour
i teaspoon baking powder
cup flaked coconut
1 6-oz. pkg. semisweet chocolate pieces
. 1. Cream the butter and peanut butter
thoroughly; add the Vi cup brown sugar
gradually, creaming until fluffy.
2. Add the 1 cup flour in halves, mixing
until well blended after each addition.
Press evenly into greased 9x9x2-in. pan.
3. Bake at 360F for 10 to 15 min., or until
layer is lightly browned.
4. Meanwhile, beat eggs, extract, and 1
cup sugar together until creamy. Add a
mixture of the Va cup flour and the baking
powder; beat until well blended.
5. Stir in the coconut and chocolate pieces.
Spread mixture over the partially baked
layer in pan.
6. Return to oven and bake 30 min. longer.
Cool completely and cut into squares or
bars. About 2 doz. cookies
Pots de Creme Chocolat
2 cups whipping cream
1 tablespoon sugar
4 oz. sweet chocolate, melted
6 egg yolks, beaten
l'j teaspoons vanilla extract
1. Heat the cream and sugar together in
the top of a double boiler over simmering
water until cream is scalded (a thin film
forms over surface).
2. Add the melted chocolate to the cream
and stir until blended. Pour mixture into
beaten egg yolks, beating constantly until
blended. Stir in the extract.
3. Strain through a fine sieve into eight
small earthenware pots or custard cups.
Set pots in a pan of hot water.
4. Bake at 325F 20 min. (Mixture will
become thicker upon cooling.) Cool; chill
thoroughly. serving!
Chocolate Fondue
4 sq. (4 oi.) unsweetened chocolate,
broken in pieces
2 cups milk
1 14 cups fine soft bread crumbs (3 slices
bread, crusts trimmed)
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
Vi teaspoon salt
6 egg yolks (ft cup), slightly beaten
4 to 6 teaspoons vanilla extract
6 egg whites (about 1 cup)
1. Heat the chocolate and milk in large,
heavy saucepan, stirring frequently until
chocolate melts. Remove from heat.
2. Stir in the bread crumbs, butter, sugar,
and salt. Blend a few tablespoons of the
hot mixture into the slightly beaten egg
yolks. Immediately return to the mixture
in the saucepan and blend well. Cool. Stir
in the extract.
3. Beat the egg whites until rounded
peaks are formed. Fold into the cooled
chocolate mixture.
4. Turn into a greased (bottom only)
shallow 2-qt. baking dish. Set in a boiling
water bath and bake at 350F about 40
min., or until a knife inserted halfway
between center and edge comes.out clean.
5. Lightly sift Dutch process cocoa over
top of fondue and serve warm. servings
Note: For four servings, cut recipe in
half, except use cup crumbs, and bake
in a shallow 1-qt. baking dish.
Individual Steamed
Chocolate Puddings
3 sq. (3 oz.) unsweetened chocolate
1 't cups flour
1 Vi teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
$4 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup minus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
y4 cup milk
1 cup unblanched almonds, toasted and
coarsely chopped
1. Melt the chocolate over simmering
water; set aside to cool.
2. Blend together the flour, baking pow
der, and salt. Set aside.
3. Cream the butter and vanilla extract
together. Add the sugar gradually, cream
ing until fluffy after each addition. Add
the eggs in thirds, beating well after each
addition. Blend in the cooled chocolate.
4. Alternately add the dry ingredients in
fourths and milk in thirds, mixing only
until blended after each addition. Stir in
the nuts.
5. Turn batter into lightly buttered indi
vidual molds or small fruit juice concen
trate cans, filling each one-half to two
thirds full. Cover molds with aluminum
foil and set on a rack in a steamer. Add
boiling water to no more than one-half
the height of the molds. Tightly cover
and steam 30 min.
6. Immediately loosen puddings from
molds and unmold each onto an individual
serving plate.
7. Working quickly, pipe a swirl of Va
nilla Hard Sauce on the top of each pud
ding. Serve immediately before the hard
sauce melts. About 8 servings
Vanilla Hard Sauce Cream cup butter
and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract together.
Add 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
and a few grains of salt gradually, beat
ing until fluffy after each addition. Beat
in 2 teaspoons cream. Chill until mixture
is stiff enough to force through a pastry
bag and tube. About lx cups sauce
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