Monday, January 23, 2012

Sandwich Cookies I / Galletas Sandwich I


Although i haven't been posting,   I sure have been baking...                                                                   
There have been many sweet edibles coming out of the oven               
And these sandwich version Almond Butter cookies merely intend to get us started                                                           
Aunque no he estado publicando, si que he estado horneando...Son muchos los dulces comestibles que han estado saliendo del horno y estas galletas versión sandwich, de mantequilla y almendra 
                                                              tan solo pretenden  iniciarnos


 
 You can store them for up to 5 days or freeze for 3 months / Se pueden guardar hasta por 5 dias o congelar 3 meses
  


Gobbling up time: 2 bites at the most / Tiempo requerido para engullirselas: 2 mordiscos máximo 


  


INGREDIENTS
(18-20)
2 cups unsalted butter       2 tza mantequilla sin sal
                1/2 cup sugar                   1/2 tza azúcar                 
1 yolk                        1 yema
1 cup ground almonds        1 tza almendras molidas
1 1/3 flour                      1 1/3 tza harina
            50 g chocolate ( i prefer dark)  50 g chocolate ( yo prefiero oscuro)

 



Preheat oven to 180 Cº                      Precalentar horno a 180 Cº
Beat butter and sugar until light and     Batir la mantequilla y el azúcar hasta  
creamy. Add the yolk continue            que este clara y cremosa. Añadir la 
beating and add the almonds               yema continuar batiendo y agregar las
and flour. Beat for another minute       almendras y harina. Batir 1 ' y luego
well mixed. Make a ball with dough    formar una bola con la masa, cubrir con
cover in plastic wrap and chill for        plastico transparente y refrigerar 1 hora
1 1/2 hours. Take small chunks           y media.  Coger trocitos de masa y
of dough and make small balls            formar bolitas. Colocarlas separadas  
Place on a non-stick baking sheet      en una bandeja antiadherente 
a space between them                       Hornear 20' aproximadamente
Bake for 20 ' approxiamately

Leave to cool                                    Dejar enfriar
Melt chocolate in a Bain-Marie          Poner el chocolate a Baño maria 
Fill cooled cookies with melted          Rellenar las galletas con
chocolate.                                         el chocolate derretido y dejar
Leave to cool                                    que el chocolate se enfrie                   

 

Sunday, August 28, 2011

The Baby and the Cookies

It probably wasn't until a month before the due date that we were able to tell our friend was soon a mother going to be.......the truth is she looked so great we had no need to alter our social schedule whatsoever and so the  three of us and the guys kept the BBQ's, lunches, dinners, morning coffees and cocktail nights coming...

The odds of course suggested it would be at one of these lovely encounters that baby M was to make his appearance...and that J and I (picture obsessive) would document it of course


I even recall a clothes & cosmetics shopping marathon I was not able to join the girls for ,  and which i was sure would have an exquisite shoe shop to be the scenery... but it wasn't...


 

Fortunately baby M arrived as planned and gave me time enough to bake his mom these cookies















When we arrived at the hospital  J2 ( there's 3 J's ) couldn't believe she looked ready to go shopping again!


It took her a minute to make the cookies disappear...  and half to look her amazing self again!





Welcome Marcos!



Monday, July 18, 2011

Chocolate Cheesecake





I had only made Berry Cheesecake so far and decided to give a Chocolate cheesecake a try







 this is more or less what it looked like



a crunchy base





a soft and creamy mix of dark chocolate and cheese filling 




topped with minni cookies






and this is more or less what the one i then of course had to make for home looked like...
 sliced right away!