Chocolate Dipped Jam Filled Cats Tongues Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together butter and 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg whites one at a time until batter is light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla. Mix in the flour just until blended. Dough will be a little stiff.
• Using a cookie press or a pastry bag with a medium star tip, press dough onto prepared baking sheet into 3-inch lengths, like a ladyfinger.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven until straw-colored, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
• When cookies are cool, dip one end of each cookie in melted chocolate and place on wax paper until chocolate hardens. Store in a cool place.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*.
• Line cookie sheets with baking parchment.
• Cream butter on medium speed until light, about 2 minutes.
• Add sugar and blend together.
• Add vanilla (or zest), then egg and egg yolk;mix well.
• Sift flour over batter and incorporate.
• Batter will be thick.
• Spoon batter into pastry bag or decorator fitted with 1/2 inch round tip or medium star tip.
• Pipe 3 inch lengths of dough, about 2 inches apart, onto cookie sheets.
• Bake cookies in the center of the oven for 8 to 9 minutes, until golden brown around the edges.
• Let stand on cookie sheets 2 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• While cookies are cooling, prepare filling.
• In a saucepan, melt the jam with the lemon juice until it comes to a simmer.
• Brush the jam over flat side of half the cookies and top with remaining cookies, flat side touching the jam.
• Let cookies remain on racks in a cool place until jam has set.
• Dip one end of each cookie into melted chocolate and place on wax paper until chocolate hardens.
• If desired, sprinkle chocolate with chocolate or colored sprinkles (jimmies) before letting the chocolate set up.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*.
• Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Add egg whites, one at a time, mixing well after each.
• Add flour and then vanilla, mixing well.
• If dough seems to soft, add a bit more flour.
• Force through a pastry bag or cookie press fitted with a medium star tip onto baking sheets, making cookies about 3 inches long.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire racks completely.
• If desired, make sandwich cookies by spreading with jam or melted chocolate, or be truly decadent by making jam filled sandwich cookies and then dipping in chocolate!

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture. , Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until set (do not brown). Remove to wire racks to cool. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating; dip each cookie halfway. Sprinkle with crushed candies. Place on waxed paper until set.