The last day of the month already? April 30th celebrates National Raisin Day. This fruit is really grape (joking). I mean it … grapes disguising themselves when they have given up their juiciness. Dried grapes are now raisins. Most kids love it when they find out about this metamorphosis. Raisins are tiny but they come packed with a punch of good nutrition. If you are dieting these make good healthy snacks. Here is a recipe to make a tasty old-fashioned French cookie.
Palais Raisin (pal le rhay zhon)
(This is a delicious, piped cookie)
8 oz butter (@ room temperature)
8 oz sugar
1 tsp vanilla
5 large eggs (@ room temperature)
11 oz AP flour
1/2 tsp salt
5 oz raisins (chopped a lot, then lightly coated with flour)
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1) Combine dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside
2) Using mixer w/paddle attached, cream butter with a little sugar
(alternate adding some sugar then add an egg and repeat this process )
3) Add vanilla, then flour and stir together
4) Remove from mixer and add raisins folding in by hand
5) Attach either a #7 or #8 tip to the piping bag, and shape into 1″- 2″ cookies
Bake @ 375º for 8 to 10 minutes (light brown with darker edges)
Remove from oven and immediately brush tops with rum 10X glaze
Put back into oven for 2 minutes to set the glaze and cool on rack
Yield is 4 to 6 dozen cookies … depending on the amount piped
Rum 10X Glaze
Confectioners’ Sugar = 10X , up to a 1 Lb box (as much as needed)
Dark Rum and an equal amount of water
1) Pour 10X into bowl
2) Add equal amounts of dark rum and water to desired consistency
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