TODAY, WE'RE ENJOYING A CLASSIC TRADITION OF TEA AND SHORTBREAD
COOKIES WITH A VERY SPECIAL TWIST, SHALL WE SAY.
CELEBRITY CHEF, AND COOKBOOK AUTHOR, SARA MOULTON, IS WITH
US, THIS MORNING, AS WELL AS JACQUI WALKER, PART OF THE
FOURTH GENERATION WALKER FAMILY, PRODUCERS OF THE FAMOUS WALKER
SHORTBREAD COOKIES THAT WE HAVE ALL GROWN UP WITH.
GOOD MORNING!
HI!
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
WELL, LAST TIME, YOU MAKE ME A, VA-VA-VOOM, RECIPE FOOD.
NOW IT'S, VA-VA-VOOM, DESSERT FOOD---.
OH, YES.
---AND COOKIES!
OH, YES.
(LAUGHTER).
IT'S TEA TIME.
TEA TIME!
YOU REALLY MUST HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES, GROWING UP, WITH TEA
AND COOKIES IN YOUR FAMILY.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
SHORTBREAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE, SINCE I
WAS A LITTLE KID.
AND, MY DAD USED TO COME HOME FROM WORK, WITH ALL OF THE NEW
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS,---.
(GASP).
---AND GATHER US AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE, AND WE'D DO A
LITTLE TASTE PANELING.
SO, MY DAD REALLY ENJOYED THE INPUT FROM US, AND WE LOVED
BEING ASKED OUR OPINIONS, SO---. AND YOU?
---IT'S ALWAYS REALLY FUN.
YOU HAVE MEMORIES?
OR YOUR FAMILY.
ACTUALLY, I'VE DEVELOPED A DESSERT IN HONOR OF MY MOM, AND
WE HAD---.
(GASP).
---TEA AND COOKIES, EVERY AFTERNOON.
YOU DID?
YES!
AND, SO THIS IS, UM, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ICE CREAMS.
IT'S SORT OF A HOT/COLD DESSERT.
YOU PUT HOT DOUBLE CHAI TEA, ON TOP OF THE ICE CREAMS, AND MY
FAVORITE---.
I LOVE THAT.
---OF ALL THE WALKERS SHORTBREAD, THE
GINGERSTEM BISCUITS.
AND, UH, MY MOTHER LOVES CRYSTALIZED GINGER, ALSO.
BUT, I COME HOME EVERY AFTERNOON, AFTER, IN HIGH
SCHOOL, AND YOU KNOW, AROUND THREE OR FOUR, MOM WOULD HAVE
COOKIES AND TEA WAITING.
OFTEN TIMES, IT WAS WALKERS, 'CAUSE WE JUST LOVED THEM, AND
SHE WOULD LISTEN TO EVERYTHING BAD OR GOOD THAT HAD HAPPENED,
THAT DAY.
I LOVE IT.
AND, TELL ME THE HISTORY.
I MEAN, HOW DID IT START?
IT STARTED A LONG TIME AGO, OVER 100 YEARS AGO.
OOOOF!
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER HAD A SMALL BAKERY, SMALL VILLAGE BAKERY, IN
THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND, AND REALLY, JUST DEVELOPED FROM
THERE.
THE BAKERY GREW, EVERYONE LOVED THE PRODUCTS, AND THEN WE SINCE
STARTED PRODUCING ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL BISCUITS.
AND, THAT'S THE HISTORY.
I LOVE YOUR ACCENT, BY THE WAY.
YES.
OK, SO TELL ME WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING.
ALRIGHT, UH, WELL, SO THAT IS ONE DESSERT THAT'S REALLY FUN.
AND, BUT, I'VE GOT A BLUEBERRY TART.
MMMMM.
AND, I USED THE WALKERS---.
YEAH.
---VANILLA SHORTBREAD, FOR THE CRUST.
SO, THE TART SHELL HAS THREE INGREDIENTS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 'EM. 12 WALKERS SHORTBREAD VANILLA
COOKIES, AH, FOUR OUNCES OF ALMOND PASTE, AND ONE EGG.
THAT'S IT?
AND, YOU JUST DO IT IN A FOOD PROCESSOR.
I'VE GROUND UP THE COOKIES, AND THE ALMOND PASTE, IN HERE.
OK?
(PROCESSOR RUNS).
SO, THAT'S ALL GROUND UP.
AND THEN, AFTER YOU DO THAT, YOU JUST ADD A LONE EGG, AND
MIRACULOUSLY, THE WHOLE THING COMES TOGETHER.
WOW!
OK.
I'M JUST GONNA START IT, SO I DON'T MAKE A TERRIBLE MESS.
(PROCESSOR RUNS).
IT TAKES A MINUTE, BUT EVENTUALLY IT COMES TOGETHER IN
A BALL.
SEE?
IT'S GETTING VERY THICK.
LOOK AT THAT!
YEAH.
AND, IT'S, IT'S LIKE A NICE PASTE.
AND, WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TAKE THIS, AND YOU SMUSH IT INTO THE
BOTTOM OF A TART TIN.
THEN, YOU CHILL IT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, 'CAUSE IT'S VERY SOFT.
OR, JUST AN HOUR.
AND, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AFTER IT'S CHILLED.
YOU SEE HOW I SMUSHED IT?
(LAUGHTER).
GOOD THING TO DO WITH KIDS.
I TOLD YOU.
MY KIDS WOULD LOVE THIS.
PLAY-DOH.
SMUSH, SMUSH, SMUSH.
OK.
BUT, THE WAY WE BAKE IT IS CALLED BLIND BAKING.
SO, WE'RE PUTTING IN SOME FOIL, AND THESE ARE PIE, WELL,
THIS IS RICE.
YOU CAN USE PIE WEIGHTS, WHICH ARE LITTLE METAL DIES, OR RICE,
OR DRIED BEANS.
YOU PUT IT IN A 350 DEGREE OVEN, 20 MINUTES, LIKE THIS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. 5 MINUTES.
YOU TAKE IT OUT, AND THEN YOU END UP WITH A PRE-BAKED CRUST.
OH, HOW FABULOUS.
YOU SEE?
AND, THIS WAY, IT'S NICE AND CRISP.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT YUMMY CRISPNESS OF THE
SHORTBREAD.
AND SO, NOW, HERE'S THE FILLING.
VERY QUICKLY.
I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT.
I'VE GOT SOME BLUEBERRIES, CORN STARCH, WATER, AND SUGAR, IN
HERE.
AND, YOU COOK IT 'TIL IT POPS, AND LOOKS LIKE THIS.
ISN'T THAT GORGEOUS?
I LOVE THE COLOR.
UH, AND THEN, WE ADD A LITTLE BIT OF LEMON RIND.
I LOVE LEMON.
BY THE WAY, YOU COULD USE REGULAR--- ANY OF THE WALKERS
REGULAR SHORTBREAD FLAVORS, OR SHAPES, OR THE LEMON IS GREAT IN
THIS DOUGH, TOO.
AND, SOME LEMON JUICE.
I'VE LEARNED, SO MUCH, WITH HER.
I MAKE REALLY SIMPLE DESSERTS.
THIS MAY NOT SEEM SO SIMPLE, BUT IT REALLY IS.
THE INGREDIENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST--- YOU HAVE TO CHILL, AND
SO.
AND THEN, WE ADD RAW BLUEBERRIES TO IT.
SO, WE'VE GOT THE COOKED, AND THE RAW, AND UM, SO YOU'VE GOT
THE NICE CRUNCH, AND THE COOKED IS LIKE THE GLUE.
AND, WHO SAYS THAT'S NOT HEALTHY?
ANTI-OXIDANTS ALL THE WAY.
I KNOW.
AND THEN, YOU STIR IT UP A LITTLE MORE THAN I DID.
IT GOES RIGHT INTO---.
OH!
---THE PREPARED CRUST.
AND, YOU CAN EVEN PUT IT IN HOT, BECAUSE WE CRISPED OUR, UM,
SHELL.
IT'S, IT'S ALL IS GOOD.
AND THEN, YOU CAN EITHER EAT IT RIGHT AWAY,---.
(LAUGHTER).
---OR YOU CAN CHILL IT.
IT SETS UP EVEN MORE.
SO, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY MY BLUEBERRY TART.
WOW!
I GOT TO TELL YOU.
NOT ONLY IS IT BEAUTIFUL.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA TASTE DELICIOUS.
BUT, YOU KNOW?
IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND INGREDIENTS, AND
IT REALLY DOESN'T, SARA.
NOT AT ALL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE THING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IS HOW SI---
HOW SIMPLE THE COOKIES ARE.
I MEAN, WHAT GOES INTO THESE COOKIES?
WELL, THEY'RE ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS.
IT'S JUST FOUR INGREDIENTS.
BUTTER, SUGAR, FLOUR, AND A PINCH OF SALT.
SO, ALL NATURAL, NO PRESERVATIVES.
AND, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF RECIPES TO OFFER, TOO.
YES!
THEY'RE ALL ON THE, UM, walkersus.com WEBSITE.
OH, GOSH!
THANK YOU, SO MUCH, FOR SHARING THAT HISTORY.
THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE (KISS) THE BEST RECIPES, FOR ME.
WELL, I HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING WITH THIS.
AND, TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WALKERS SHORTBREAD LINE OF
PRODUCTS, PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE, AND THAT'S
walkersus.com.
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