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Spritz Cookies (for the cookie press)

Spritz Cookies (for the cookie press)
 Basic Pie Dough Basic Pasta Dough (for the pasta rollers) Vanilla Cupcakes
 Chocolate Buttercream
1/5

Spritz Cookies (for the cookie press)

Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Total time
16-18 minutes
Yield
10 - 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 ½ cup all-purpose flour

Instructions

  1. Cream the butter, confectioners’ sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, salt and extracts. Slowly add ½ cup flour at a time.
  2. Fill cookie press with dough with desired disk. Press dough onto an ungreased non non-stick baking sheet. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 6-8 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer cookies onto a cooling rack.
2/5

Basic Pie Dough

Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Total time
70 minutes (60 minutes resting time)
Yield
1 pie.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup cold butter, cut into ½ inch pieces
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 Tbsp iced water

Instructions

  1. Mix flour, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add butter and gently mix with hands until it resembles coarse meal. Add a 1 tablespoon of ice water and gently mix until a ball is formed (do not overmix).
  2. Turn dough onto a piece of plastic wrap. Fold plastic over dough and form into a 1 inch thick disc. Refrigerate for about 1 hour or until firm.
  3. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to ¼ inch thickness.Used desired gadget to create fun design.
  4. Transfer dough to a pie plate with pie filling and cut overhang.
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Basic Pasta Dough (for the pasta rollers)

Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
20 minutes
Total time
40 minutes (20 minutes resting time)
Yield
2-4

Ingredients

  • 2 cups semolina flour
  • ½ - ¾ cup water
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Create a mound with the semolina flour; add water, olive oil and salt. Mix until a dough is created. If it’s too dry, add more water.
  2. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for 15 minutes. Cover with plastic and let dough rest for 20 minutes.
  3. Cut dough into ½ inch thick by 1 inch wide strands. Feed through pasta rollers.
4/5

Vanilla Cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
15 minutes
Total time
31-33 minutes
Yield
12-16 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Mix flour, salt and baking powder together. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar together then mix in eggs. Slowly add flour mix ½ cup at a time. Stream in milk with vanilla extract and mix.
  2. Line 2 muffin tins with cupcake liners and divide the batter equally.
  3. Place muffin tins into a 375 degree oven for about 16-18 minutes.
5/5

Chocolate Buttercream

Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Yield
1 pie.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup cocoa powder
  • 5 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup milk

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, beat butter.
  2. Slowly add powdered sugar and cocoa powder, alternating between the two with milk.
  3. Once a spreading consistency is achieved, add in salt and vanilla extract.