Decadent Dessert - White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies

Everyone loves cookies. They are small, portable, and sweet. White chocolate and raspberries seem to be made for each other. Why not combine them all and make white chocolate raspberry cookies? It may sound decadent, but you only live once, right? Close your eyes and imagine... the first bite. Your teeth break through the light crispness of the cookie and sink into the soft inner portion of the cookie.

The cookie bite fills your mouth with texture and flavor. The brightness of the raspberry bursts on your tongue, mixing sweetness with a touch of tartness. The creamy white chocolate takes over, mixing with the raspberry, smoothing it out. The crumbly cookie adds in a wonderful chewy texture. Sounds wonderful, does not it? It makes you want to run right out to the store and get the ingredients so you can mix up a batch right now.

Easy Cookie

It may be unusual to use fresh fruit in a cookie recipe, but why not do it? The raspberries add a uniqueness to this recipe that you do not normally find in a cookie made with dried fruits. You might be able to use frozen raspberries, but they may end up being too soggy. Fresh is best. They will be in season before you know it. Look at your local farmer's market or roadside farm stand for the best raspberries. If you can stop yourself from eating them all before you get home, make the cookies. Serve them with tea, vanilla ice cream or just enjoy them on their own. They would be perfect for a tea party, a shower, potluck, or other get together. You can even increase the decadence and add some macadamia nuts if you really want to push the envelope. Everyone will want your recipe, so go ahead and make a few copies and keep them with you. Once everyone tastes these cookies, you will be the one everyone turns to for great cookies.

Recipe for White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies

Serve these colorful, rich cookies with tea for a real treat.

What You Need

8 Tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 3/4 teaspoon vanilla 1 Tablespoon heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3/8 teaspoon salt 3 Tablespoons cornstarch 1-1/3 cups flour 4 to 5 ounces white chocolate, broken into small chunks 1/2 cup fresh raspberries, washed and dried

How to Make It

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cream both sugars and the butter together with your mixer. Beat in the egg, the vanilla, and cream. Mix in salt, baking soda, and cornstarch. Add flour and stir in until just blended. Fold in white chocolate chunks.

Using tablespoons, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

Slice raspberries in half or in quarters, depending on how much you want to add to each cookie and the size of the raspberries. Gently press the raspberry pieces into your cookie dough.

Bake in the oven for 12-13 minutes. Transfer finished cookies to a wire rack for cooling.

Decadent Dessert - White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies

Fruit is a major ingredient in many Mexican recipes. Take a look at some recipes and see what you may want to make. Mexican desserts offer many opportunities to use fresh fruit of all kinds in your cooking. Try some as a treat for your family.

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Cold Dessert Recipes

Summer dessert recipes can be no-bake cheesecakes, trifles, or frozen pie recipes. With ingredients like ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate pudding, brownies and fresh fruit, there is a cold dessert recipe to suit everyone.

Frozen Strawberry Pie

Easy Cookie Recipes For Kids

Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Pie is sooo refreshing. You can make it days ahead or keep one in the freezer for spur of the moment entertaining.

1 Ready made graham cracker pie crust

2 (8 oz.) container strawberry yogurt

1 (12 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed 1 (10 oz.)

1 Cup of fresh strawberries cut up

Mix the yogurt, with 3 3/4 cupped whipped topping and cut up berries and put into the pie crust. Freeze for at least 2 hours. Take it out to thaw about 15 - 30 minutes before serving and garnish with fresh strawberries.

Ice Cream Pie Recipes

These pie recipes are easy and everyone likes them. You can vary them in any way that you like. Our favorite is Hot Fudge Ice Cream Pie:

Ingredients:

1. Oreo cookie crust - I always use a store bought one

2. Smuckers Hot Fudge Sauce

3. Vanilla Ice Cream (or your choose your favorite flavor)

4. Cool Whip

First warm the hot fudge sauce so that it is easy to pour out of the jar. Use half of it to cover the bottom of the pie crust.

Soften your ice cream so that you can spoon it over the hot fudge sauce into the pie crust.

Pour the other half of the hot fudge sauce over the ice cream

Spread a layer of Cool Whip over the hot fudge sauce.

Put in the freezer and bring it out 15- 30 minutes before it's time to serve.

Cold Dessert Recipes

For more cold dessert recipes (and pictures) for chocolate trifle, no bake cheesecake, easy (and cold) coconut cake and fresh peach and blueberry desserts visit http://www.poolfunforeveryone.com/cold-dessert-recipes.html

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Three Easy to Make Dessert Recipes For Your Tea Party

When it comes to hosting a tea party for a few friends, often times we stress over what type of foods to serve. During a party, yo. u want to stick with light finger-style foods such as: tarts, fancy cookies, biscotti, muffins, pastries, cake and scones.

My guests have often told me that these 3 recipes that I make for my parties, are their favorites. I like to line my platters or dessert-style serving plates with lace doilies before arranging the food goodies on top. It just makes for a nicer presentation.

Easy Cookie

Tea Time Tassies

1 (3 ounce) block cream cheese

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup flour

Filling:

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup brown sugar

dash of salt

2/3 cup chopped pecans

1 tablespoon butter, softened

Let cream cheese and butter soften to room temperature, then blend together. Mix in flour. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. Remove and shape into 2 dozen 1-inch balls. Place balls into mini greased muffin cups. Press dough on bottoms and sides of each cup.

To make filling: Beat together egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until smooth. Divide half of pecan pieces among pastry-lined muffin cups. Add egg mixture, then top with remaining pecan pieces. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan.

Mini Tea Cake Balls

1 cup butter

1/2 cup Confectioner's sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup chopped nuts (your choice)

In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until blended. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Bake in a 350 degree oven on a ungreased cookie sheet for 6-8 minutes or until set. Do not let them get brown. While warm, roll in powdered sugar. After they have cooled, roll the balls in powdered sugar again.

Lemon-Butter Snowbars

Crust:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/3 cups flour

1/4 cup granulated sugar

Filling:

2 eggs

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

In a medium bowl, combine the crust ingredients, blend thoroughly. Pat dough into an ungreased 8" square baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

In a large bowl, combine filling ingredients, blending well. Pour filling over partially baked crust. Bake for 18 minutes or until set. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and let cool.

Three Easy to Make Dessert Recipes For Your Tea Party

Shelly Hill enjoys hosting tea parties for her friends and family. If you would like additional dessert-style recipes, please see her blog at: http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com or her business website at: http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com