Pineapple And Macadamia Shortbread Recipes

Steps:

• preheat oven to 325.
• combine flour and sugar.
• cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling.
• stir in nuts and pineapple.
• form into ball, knead until smooth.
• on a lightly floured surface roll dough 1/4 inch thick.
• using a 2 inch cookie cutter cut into shapes.
• reroll scrapes only twice.
• place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• bake 15-20 minutes.
• transfer to wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine cake mix, pineapple juice, oil and eggs; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into three greased and floured 8-in. round baking pans., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, combine sugar and flour in a large saucepan. Whisk in egg yolks, butter and pineapple until blended. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature. Reserve 1/3 cup pineapple mixture for frosting; gently stir nuts into remaining pineapple mixture., Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with half of the filling. Repeat. Top with remaining cake layer., For frosting, cream butter, confectioners' sugar, reserved pineapple mixture and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. Spread over top and sides of cake. If desired, chop and toast additional nuts; sprinkle on top and around bottom of cake.

Steps:

• Put the macadamia nuts and sugar in a food processor and pulse until they reach the texture of fine crumbs.
• Then add the vanilla extract and butter, and pulse again until smooth.
• Add 4.4 ounces of the flour, and pulse until just combined.
• Remove and knead in as much of the remaining flour as you need to create a smooth dough.
• Roll the dough in plastic wrap, to form a log approximately 20cm in length, then refrigerate for half an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Take the dough log from the fridge, cut into 0.5cm-thick slices.
• Push a few extra macadamia pieces into each biscuit, then remove the plastic wrap.
• Place on a baking sheet and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for eight to nine minutes, until just set.
• Cool the biscuits on a tray, then transfer them to a wire rack.
• Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and airy, about 3 minutes.
• Add the flour gradually, stirring until well blended.
• Spread the dough evenly on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 33-39 minutes, or until golden brown. Be careful not to scorch the edges.
• Remove the cookie sheet from the oven, set it on a wire rack, and allow it to cool slightly.
• When the shortbread is cool enough to handle, but still malleable, spread it with pineapple preserves.
• Slice it lengthwise into 6 strips, and then cross-wise into 9 strips to form 1-inch squares.