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SarahC

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Samoas
« on: February 10, 2012, 11:22:23 AM »
Umpa, a recipe that I found online to convert - in your spare time! (or do we already have this recipe and I missed it?):
 
Samoas

Batter:
1 cup butter , softened
½ cup sugar
2 cups flour (Gluten-Free)
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
sweet rice flour, for dusting

Caramel-Coconut Topping:
3 cups shredded sweetened coconut
12 ounces caramels (I used Milk Maids)
¼ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons milk
8 ounces semisweet milk chocolate

Directions:
Cream together butter and sugar.
Mix in flour, baking powder, salt and xanthan gum at low speed.
Stir in vanilla. If dough is too dry, add milk 1 tbsp at a time. If dough is too sticky, add flour 1 tbsp at a time. I ended up adding about 3 tbsp extra flour.
Roll dough to slightly less than 1/4" thick between two pieces of well floured parchment paper (I used sweet-rice-flour).
Using a circle cookie cutter about 1.5-2" in diameter, make rounds out of the flattened dough. Use a knife to cut out the center of each round. The end result should look kind of like a flat doughnut.
Reroll left over dough and continue making rounds until no dough remains. Keep rolling surfaces well floured.
On a parchment lined baking sheet, bake cookies in preheated oven at 350F for 10-12 minutes or until the edges start to brown.
When removing them from the oven, it is very important that you do not break them. They will be very fragile until they cool. Allow to cool completely before topping with caramel coconut mixture.
Lower oven temperature to 300°F Spread coconut evenly on parchment lined baking sheet and toast for 20 minutes. Stir every 5 minutes until coconut is evenly browned. Cool on baking sheet.
Unwrap caramels and place in a large microwave-safe bowl with milk and salt. Cook on high for 3-4 minutes, stirring every 45 seconds or so until well combined.
Fold in shredded coconut.
Using a high quality silicone spatula, spread caramel mixture even onto cooled cookies. You may break the cookies doing this, but do not worry, the caramel will hold it all together when cooled. Reheat caramel mixture as necessary while spreading.
Allow caramel mixture to set.
Melt chocolate in microwave, stirring every 40 seconds or so to prevent scorching.
Turn cookies upside down on parchment paper and spread a thin layer of chocolate on bottom of cookies. Transfer cookies top-down to fridge to harden chocolate before proceeding to next step.
Using the remaining melted chocolate (or melt more), pipe topping onto cookies. I used a plastic bag with a small hole cut in the corner.
Allow chocolate topping to harden before storing in airtight container.




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Re: Samoas
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2012, 12:58:13 PM »
Hi Sarah here is one you might look at. 
http://yourlighterside.com/low-carb-girl-scout-samoas/

It popped up on my facebook page the other day  ;)  Looks yummy but may still be a bit high in carbs for just one cookie..LOL

Mybe Umpa can cut the carbs a little more??

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Re: Samoas
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2012, 02:08:06 PM »
TooSweet, can you show me a picture of your cookie press? You've been having so much fun with it that I'm thinking about getting one... There are all kinds of them online. Uh, did I say THANKS? Thank you! Is it like a cookie cutter or a cookie gun? If I'd quit editing this, you could answer me.
« Last Edit: February 10, 2012, 02:10:40 PM by SarahC »



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Re: Samoas
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2012, 03:52:07 PM »
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If I'd quit editing this, you could answer me.
 LOL  Sarah you are too funny  ;D  This is the one I bought.  It's a ton of fun to play with  ;)
I bought mine at Bed Bath and Beyond in the store but here is a link for it on line and one at Amazon  

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=14307281
http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Cookie-Pro-Ultra-Press/dp/B000I4OJ1E

I'm sure any one of them would work well though  ;)

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Re: Samoas
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2012, 12:07:35 PM »
This is a do-able recipe with toosweets link.I haven't used coconut flour i think alex has,maybe she will chime in..The carmel sauce can be replaced with walden farms caramel sauce which is a zero so that would eliminate the carmel sauce carbs.??Gotta make this one I think. ;)