Tuesday, December 28, 2010

5 Star Foodie Junior: Shortbread Cookie Truffles with Cherries

Welcome to the special winter break edition of 5 Star Foodie Junior, a series of monthly posts that feature my daughter learning how to cook in the kitchen.

Recently, we received samples of assorted shortbread cookies from Walkers Shortbread. We have tried different cookies on their own and my daughter also has made these delicious cookie truffles that she shares in her post below.




5 Star Foodie Junior:
We received many different kinds of shortbread cookies to try. They were all yummy and my favorite one was the almond short bread cookie.



With the butter shortbread cookies, I made cookie truffles.

First, I broke the cookies into little pieces and put them in the food processor (1 box of Walker Pure Butter Shortbread Cookies).



Next, we put in some butter and I mixed the butter (about 3 tablespoons) with the cookie crumbs.



Then, we put in the almond extract (1 teaspoon) and we mixed with the other ingredients until everything was sticking together.



I took pieces of the dough and flattened them and put a cherry into each one.







Then, I gathered the cookie dough around the cherry and rolled it into a ball.





Next, we prepared the melted chocolate and dipped our cookie balls into it. Then, we put the cookie truffles into the refrigerator.



Our cookie truffles tasted buttery, yummy, but not too sweet.



I liked the chocolate on the outside and the cherry inside.