Gold Ginger Nut Lemon Squares; Easy Lemon Cookies; Top Crust Only Pies - NuWave Elite 20501 Manual

Gold Ginger Nut Lemon Squares

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup cold butter
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
1 cup coarsely ground almonds, divided
10-ounce lemon curd
3 tablespoons finely chopped
crystallized (candied) ginger
Prepare lemon curd and set aside.
Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and
salt in large bowl; cut in butter with pastry
blender until crumbly. Toss in half almond
allotment. Reserve 1 cup flour mixture.
Place remaining flour mixture on bottom
of 8x8-inch silicone baking pan and press
evenly. Place 3-inch Extender Ring on
base and place pan on 1-inch rack. Bake
at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until
lightly browned. Remove from oven.
Spread lemon curd over crust, leaving
1/4-inch border. Mix raisins, almonds and
ginger with reserved flour mixture and
sprinkle evenly over top. Bake additional
15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cut into squares.
(16 servings)
Lemon curd Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cubed
In 2-quart saucepan, combine lemon
juice, lemon zest, sugar, eggs and
butter. Cook over medium-low heat until
thick enough to hold marks from whisk,
and first bubble appears on surface.
Tip: Make lemon curd ahead of time
and store up to one week.

Easy Lemon Cookies

1 (18 1/4-ounce) package lemon cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Grated zest from 1 lemon
Powdered sugar for decoration
Pour cake mix into large bowl. Stir in
eggs, oil, lemon juice and lemon zest
until well blended. Refrigerate at least
15 minutes, and up to overnight, to
make dough easier to handle. Roll
heaping teaspoons of dough into balls
and roll in powdered sugar. Place cookie
dough around perimeter of liner pan,
with pieces about 1 inch apart. Bake
at 300 degrees for 10 minutes. Once
cookies have cooled, completely dust
with powdered sugar one more time.
(36 servings)
Tip: For multi-level baking, place 3-inch
Extender Ring on NuWave Oven base.
Place cookies in liner pan as directed
above. Place 3-inch rack over cookies
on liner pan. Place silicone baking ring
on 3-inch rack and place over cookies
on liner pan. Arrange cookies around
edge of rack. Bake at 250 degrees
for 15 minutes. Do not place cookies
directly under heating element.
For converting recipes requiring
a 9x13-inch pan, you can usually
substitute two pans using our 8x8-inch
square silicone baking pan.
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