Sunday 18 May 2014

Chocolate Peanutbutter Moon Pies


These Moon Pies created by Chef Kyle Norris of The Beverly Hills Hotel are awesome for kids parties.. 

Ingredients

2 stick unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
3 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
2 large egg whites, at room temperature, to mix with corn syrup
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
Salt
120g semisweet chocolate, melted
1 cup chunky peanut butter
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1 pinch cream of tartar
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
Cocoa, for dusting
Cinnamon, for dusting

Directions

In a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle, beat the butter until creamy. Add the brown sugar and beat at medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 minutes. Beat in 1 teaspoon of the vanilla and the whole egg. Add the 2 1/4 cups of flour and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and beat until a soft dough forms. Divide the dough into 2 mounds and transfer to 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Pat each mound of dough into a 1/3-inch-thick square, wrap, and refrigerate until firm, 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with one square at a time, on a floured work surface, roll the dough out to a 26cm square, 5ml thick. Using a 5cm biscuit cutter, stamp out rounds and arrange them 1cm apart on the baking sheets; repeat with the second square of dough. Gather the scraps and refrigerate until firm. Reroll and cut out more rounds, using the scraps only once. Refrigerate the cookies just until firm, about 10 minutes.
Bake the cookies in the upper and middle thirds of the oven for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned, shifting the pans halfway through baking. Let cool slightly, then carefully invert the cookies onto racks and let cool completely.
Spread the melted chocolate on half of the cookies and the peanut butter on the other half. Allow the chocolate to set.
In a small saucepan, boil the corn syrup over high heat without stirring until it registers 120 degrees C on a sugar thermometer. Meanwhile, in a clean standing mixer fitted with the whisk, beat the 2 egg whites with the cream of tartar and a pinch of salt until firm peaks form. Slowly drizzle in the hot corn syrup and beat at high speed until glossy, about 2 minutes. At medium-low speed, beat in the remaining 2 teaspoons of vanilla and the 1 cup of confectioners' sugar.
Transfer the marshmallow to a pastry bag with a plain 1cm tip or a large zippered plastic bag with the corner snipped off. Pipe 1 1/2-tablespoon mounds of the marshmallow onto the chocolate-covered cookies. Top with the peanut butter–covered cookies and press lightly to spread the marshmallow to the edges. Let the moon pies stand in an airtight container for 2 hours (they will soften slightly) before dusting with confectioners' sugar, cocoa, and cinnamon and serving

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