Mini Ice Cream Cookie Cups An easy make-ahead recipe is a fun and impressive dessert for your next gathering.
Prep Time: 20 Min Total Time: 45 Min Makes: 24 tartlets Pillsbury Bake-Off Sue Compton Delanco, NJ Bake-Off® Contest 44, 2010 1 package (16 oz) Pillsbury® Ready to Bake!™ refrigerated sugar cookies (24 cookies) 4 teaspoons sugar 1/3 cup Fisher® Chef’s Naturals® Chopped Walnuts, finely chopped 1/2 cup Hershey’s® semi-sweet chocolate baking chips 1/4 cup Smucker’s® Seedless Red Raspberry Jam 1 1/2 cups vanilla bean ice cream, softened 24 fresh raspberries DIRECTIONS 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 24 mini muffin cups with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. Place 1 cookie dough round in each muffin cup. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. 2. Place 2 teaspoons of the sugar in small bowl. Dip end of wooden spoon handle in sugar; carefully press into center of each cookie to make 1-inch-wide indentation. Cool completely in pan, about 20 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix walnuts and remaining 2 teaspoons sugar; set aside. In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds, stirring after 30 seconds, until smooth. 4. Run knife around edges of cups to loosen; gently remove from pan. Dip rim of each cup into melted chocolate, then into walnut mixture. Place walnut side up on cookie sheet with sides. 5. In another small microwavable bowl, microwave jam uncovered on High about 15 seconds until melted. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon jam into each cup. Freeze cups about 5 minutes or until chocolate is set. 6. Spoon ice cream into cups, using small cookie scoop or measuring tablespoon. Top each cup with fresh raspberry. Store in freezer; let stand at room temperature 5 minutes before serving. _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
