Wednesday 15 January 2014

M&M Cookie Bars + Grandmumma!. ^^:)

Ello!
Okay sorry for being weird.
Let me explain the picture first.
One of my group assignments was to act out a short play on any children's stories.
My group chose to do Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
I was the bear (Papa Bear, at that) hence the ears. :)
HEEHEE.
So I just printed out another (sub-)assignment plus I baked earlier today so I'm blogging hehehe!
Guess what I baked this time......
 These are the ingredients~
This is the dough~
(Yes, I am aware that it looks like curry with M&Ms in them. Thanks Min Xuan.)
All set to be baked~
Anddddd TADAAAAAAA~!
Soft & Chewy M&M Cookie Bars!
Recipe by Divascancook!
(/divascancook for youtube and divascancook.com for website)
Okay really happy with how these turned out so I had to blog it today, TODAY!
I have been looking for a chewy cookie recipe for the longest time and these did it.
Another good thing is how it does not crack and crumble when I was cutting it into bars, it stayed perfectly in shape!
The texture was also soft, if not chewy but I like it.
Would definitely make this again and again.
Sadly I don't think I have enough to go around for everyone to taste it so I'm sorry okay :(
And the scariest thing for me when I let people taste my bakes is that even though it suits my tastebuds, it might not suit theirs. :/
So I hope you guys will like it~ >.<

I also realised that you people like seeing pictures of baked goods AFTER it has been baked rather than the dough or whatever itself.
Hahaha you people are too cute.

And before I go off, just wanted to show you this picture of my Grandmumma & I.
School ended early for me today so I met up with her afterwards.
Followed her to run an errand and then brought her to go have lunch and do some grocery shopping.
Mum has been away and I have been so busy with school that she (Gmum) has been feeling really bored being at home alone all the time and I felt really bad for that. :(
But made me really happy seeing her happy.
Yay love you so much Grandmumma hehehe. ^^
(Excuse my eyebags. Sigh.)

This week is a little more spaced out for me.
If only every week was like this.
Also, assignments are going down one by one.
Hold on guys.

Du vet jeg elsker deg.
Goobye

Sunday 12 January 2014

Mini Strawberry Cheesecake Tarts!.

Hello!
I am back for a little post because I have been working on a 1500 word essay and I really just want to type about something else.
So here goes!
Managed to squeeze some time and bake something new today since I had a little craving.
I initially wanted to make the baked version, but I didn't have much ingredients at home and I only wanted to use up whatever I had in the fridge.
Therefore I made the no-bake version.
So tadaa!
Mini Strawberry Cheesecake Tarts!
Recipe by Joyofbaking. :)
 Review:
I had to tweak the recipe amounts a little since I had rather odd amounts of ingredients.
So I went mainly by taste. Just kept tasting if one flavor was overpowering the other and whatnot.
What I had in mind was:
Sweet shortbread base
Sour & tart (tart as in the flavor not the thing itself lol) from the Cream Cheese & Lemon.
Sour in the form of fresh fruit from the Strawberry
I think I may have achieved most of it, although I feel that the Cream Cheese feeling might have been a little too lemony and the shortbread is a tad too sweet.
Also, I used the type of Cream Cheese that is "spreadable" which comes in a tub, and that might have affected the texture of the filling; not holding up and staying thick outside of the fridge.
So I would suggest using the block Cream Cheese instead.
But overall quite happy with how it turned out.
My craving was satisfied and I would make it again, only with some adjustments from the aforementioned mistakes.

Back to school work.

Till then!

Du vet jeg elsker deg.
Goodbye