what are dainties? I need 3 dozen for this Sunday. help?

Answer 1

These are morsel size (tiny bite size) sweet usually delicacies. You can buy from reputable delis or make your own.

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Lisa

Answer 2

What’s a Dainties? - There are several different kinds.. here are a couple of recipes,GOOD LUCK......

Pecan Dainties
1¼ hours 15 min prep
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2 egg whites
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 cups pecan halves

Beat the egg whites until they form a peak.
Combine sugar and pecans.
Add to egg whites.
Drop with a teaspoon on a cookie sheet.
Bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, turn the oven off.
Leave the pecan dainties in the oven for 30 minutes.


Cream Cheese Dainties

1½ hours 1½ hours prep
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1/2 cup margarine
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups crisp rice cereal, slightly crushed
candied cherries

Cream together margarine, cream cheese, sugar and almond extract till light.
Mix together dry ingredients and add to margarine mixture.
Chill 1-2 hours.
Shape into balls.
Roll in cereal and place on ungreased baking sheet.
Top each with a cherry.
Bake for 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees.
Cool on racks.

Answer 3

Petits Fours
INGREDIENTS
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
5 tablespoons butter, melted
2 cups Frosting for Petits Fours
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs and egg yolks using an electric mixer. Add sugar, and beat until thick and pale, about 10 minutes. If you have a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment. Sift the flour and baking powder into the egg mixture, and fold in by hand along with the milk. Stir just until the batter is mixed. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. When finished, invert the cake pan onto a sheet of waxed paper, and cool completely. This will give you nice even petits fours.
Cut the cooled cake into small squares, rectangles or triangles, and arrange the pieces in rows on a wire rack or glazing screen with plenty of space between rows. Set the rack over a shallow pan or waxed paper to catch the drips.
Spoon or pour warmed petit four icing over the small cakes. The drippings may be scraped off of the pan or paper, and reheated for use again. Allow the petits fours to set until completely dry. Lift the cakes from the rack with a metal spatula, and trim the bottom edges with a sharp knife. Set into small muffin papers for easy handling. Decorate as desired.

Frosting
INGREDIENTS
2 cups white sugar
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, or as needed
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, stir together the white sugar, cream of tartar and water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and cook without stirring until the temperature is between 223 and 234 degrees F (106 to 112 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dripped from a spoon can spin a long thread.
When the syrup comes to the proper temperature, remove from heat, and stir in confectioners' sugar about 1/2 cup at a time until the icing is thick enough to coat a metal spoon. Test by pouring over a small piece of cake. Adjust the amount of confectioners' sugar as needed to get a good pouring consistency. Use while warm, or reheat over simmering water. Keep covered with plastic wrap when not in use to prevent a crust from forming on the top.

Answer 4

What Are Dainties

Answer 5

Dainties http://www.plantationcandies.com/ $4.95

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So what’s a Dainties? - great chocolate cake, filled with delicately flavored whipped cream, dipped in chocolate ganache, then more flavored whipped cream on top. Each cupcake is then garnished with a perfectly appointed treat to reflect the whipped cream flavor. And as the name suggests - you have to eat them very daintily.
Unlike the others, it’s not cream cheese icing – it’s fresh whipped cream! http://www.daintiescupcakes.com/

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make your own:

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=dainties

Answer 6

I could be wrong, but I've always understood dainties to be little cakes, fancy cookies, petit fours, things like that. You can get them at any bakery.

Answer 7

Thanks to each and everyone of you guys for the answers.