S'More Rockin' Reindeer Ravioli
- 5 graham crackers, broken into pieces
- 6 ounce milk or dark chocolate, or a combination, chopped
- 3 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 11/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup graham flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- For the filling: Pulse the graham crackers in a food processor until crumbly.
- Add the chocolate and cream cheese and continue to pulse until crumbly but pasty.
- Using the filling portion ('the bumpy side") of a 12-section ravioli mold, cover the indented side with plastic wrap.
- Pack some of the filling into each indentation, leveling each one so it's flush with the top of the mold.
- Remove and place on a plate.
- Repeat to make 24 fillings.
- Cover the filling with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
- (Eat the crumbs left behind.)
- To make the dough: Combine the butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl.
- Beat at medium speed, until fluffy and combined, about 2 minutes.
- Add the molasses and vanilla and beat until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk both flours, the baking soda, salt and cinnamon together.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 parts, alternating with cream in 2 parts, beginning and ending with flour.
- Be careful not to overwork the dough.
- Divide into 2 disks, wrap in plastic warp and chill until very firm, about 1 hour.
- Lay out an 11 by 15-inch piece of foil on a clean workspace and sprinkle generously with flour.
- Place a disk of dough on top and cover with a large sheet of plastic wrap.
- Roll the dough between the two layers (Voila, no messy hands) until you have a rectangle measuring 10 by 13 inches, cutting and patching as needed.
- Repeat with the other disk of dough.
- Transfer each foil to a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- When chilled, remove plastic wrap from 1 flat of chilled and rolled dough.
- Spray the zigzag side of the ravioli mold with nonstick spray and sprinkle it with flour.
- Place the mold, zigzag side down, onto the lower half of the dough, making a slight indent in the dough.
- Take the chocolate filling from the refrigerator.
- Place a round of filling on the center of each square ravioli impression.
- Using the foil to lift the top of the dough, fold it over the mounds on the bottom half leaving plenty of give to tuck dough between each mound.
- Gently press out the air around the mounds with wet fingers to keep the dough from cracking.
- Spray the zigzag side of the mold again and sprinkle the top of the ravioli with flour.
- Invert the press on the cookies, making another impression in the dough, and press very firmly to seal the 2 layers together and cut off excess dough.
- To remove the mold, gently lift by pressing downward on the 2 mounds on the end.
- Lift up on the mold working your way across the dough slab.
- Use a dry pastry brush to brush off excess flour.
- Cut ravioli into individual portions, trimming away excess dough with a knife or fluted pastry cutter.
- Arrange on a baking sheet.
- Chill the molded ravioli in the refrigerator until firm to the touch, 30 more minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake the ravioli for 25 to 30 Minutes.
- Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet 5 more minutes, using a pastry cutter to cut in between the ravioli while warm, if desired.
- Then slide the slab onto a cookie sheet to cool.
- Eat 1 slab and freeze the other to keep it really fresh.
- Yummmmm!!!
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graham crackers, milk, cream cheese, unsalted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, molasses, vanilla, allpurpose, graham flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, heavy cream
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/smore-rockin-reindeer-ravioli-recipe0.html (may not work)