Chocolate Ring Cookies

I like to bake cookies lately. Just like to experiment with variations of cookies. It call not too much egg and simple ingredients.

I found this cookies recipe from my on line friend @ multiply, she is also Indonesian. Like her blog very much...Many thank my dear Rachmah for sharing this recipe. My testimony for this cookies : very chocolaty, not too sweet and crunchy. Very recommended to try :)
This recipe makes around 50 cookies.



Chocolate Ring Cookies
(with some adjustment from me)
Ingredients:
175 gr unsalted butter
1 egg
225 gr all purpose flour
25 gr chocolate powder
Directions:
1. Beat butter and sugar powder
2. Beat in egg
3. Shift in flour and chocolate powder, mix well
4. Prepare pipping bag with the flower spuit. Make a ring shape on a baking sheet. Don't forget to give a space between the cookies.
5. Bake in 150 - 160 Celcius Degree until done. ( me : bake in 150 around 10 minutes, it depend on your oven, just watch over your cookies, do not over bake it)

(if you want : you may stick together 2 cookies with chocolate filling or ganache)

Update :

I submit first photo for Click Mei Edition : Cookies. I really enjoy challenging myself to join this food photography event hosted by Jugalbandi.

Cheese Brownies (Steam or Bake)

The original recipe actually is a Steamed Cheese Brownies...but, because the batter too much for my baking pan and not enough space inside my steamer, so i put the rest of them in a small pan for brioche lined with paper cup and baked.
I liked both of the result, moist and so cheesy. I found this marvelous recipes from Dewi Anwar - Kitchen Craft.

Steamed Cheese Brownies/Brownies Kukus Keju
Source : Sahak Pribadi
Modfied by : Dewi Anwar

Ingredients A/Bahan A :
3 eggs/Telur 3 butir
100 gr sugar/Gula 100 gram
1/2tbsp Emulsifier/Emulsifier 1/2 sdm

Ingredients B/Bahan B :

60 gr Flour/Tepung terigu 60 gram (modified by Dewi : use low protein flour/aku pakai protein rendah)

20 gr Maizena/Maizena 20 gram (modified by Dewi : 50 gr / ditambah menjadi 50 gr)

1tsp salt/Garam 1 sdt (modified by Dewi: I skipped/aku gak pake)

40 gr milk powder/Susu bubuk 40 gram (modified by Dewi : I skipped/aku gak pake)

Ingredient C/Bahan C :
250 gr cream cheese,at room temperature/250 gr cream cheese, biarkan disuhu ruang

Ingredient D/Bahan D :
100 gr butter, melted/Butter 100 gram dicairkan (modified : change with Salad Oil/ aku ganti dengan salad oil dengan jumlah yg sama)

Ingredients for Ganache/Bahan Ganache :
100 ml liqiud whipped cream or fresh cream, mix until firm/100 ml Whipped cream cair, kocok kaku
90 gr dark cooking chocolate, melted, mix into fresh cream, mix well, put into piping bag and use star shape spuit no 22/
90 gr dark cooking coklat cairkan, masukan kedalam whipped cream sambil dikocok dng mixer masukan kedlm piping bag, beri spuit bintang no. 22

sprinkle with 1-2 slices cheese, cut with any shape of cookie cutter / 1-2 lbr keju lembaran, cetak dng cookie cutter yg kecil2 berbentuk bunga atau sesuka hati.

Direction / Cara Membuatnya :

1. Mix ingredients A until fluffy/Kocok bahan A sampai mengembang
2. Mix in ingredients B,mix well/Masukan bahan B lalu aduk sampai rata.
3. Whisk ingredients C until creamy, pour into the mixture A&B,mix well/Kocok bahan C sampai halus kemudian masukan keadonan lalu aduk sampai rata.
4. Pour in ingredient D/Masukkan bahan D (mentega cair).
5. Pour in the batter into paper cup or baking pan,steam it around 20 minute/Tuang keloyang cup cake yg telah dialasi paper cup, lalu kukus kurang lebih 20 menit. (tanti : I also baked part of the batter)
6. Cooling on the wire rack, topping with ganache & sprinkle with the cheese/Setelah matang, dinginkan, semprotkan ganache diatasnya beri hiasan keju

(No) Espresso Brownies

I made this brownies for our friends because we invited to have lunch together at their house last Sunday. As always, I worked it out in last minutes. In the morning around 9 o' clock I started to prepare and bake. And the result is, the brownies a little bit sticky and messy to cut. Suppose we let it cooled until firm then cut it. Because I ran out the time I cut when those were still warm...But the taste so yummy...choco and chewy gooey. Interested ? I knew the recipe from my friend at Multiply, Mbak Rachmah. Thank you Mbak...You may go directly here.
The real recipe using espresso coffee but mine not because of the children...we didn't want them eat too much coffee in their food (considered the day after was Monday...the school day!).

Simple Garlic Bread

If you are craving of Garlic Bread from Pizza Hut but you can't find it around your city just do what I did... You only need :
1 French Baguette,
garlic powder,
oregano powder,
salted butter.
That's it! Preheat your oven. Then cut your Baguette, spread with salted butter up and bottom side, sprinkle with garlic powder and oregano. Put on your baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake around 5-8 minutes at 150 DC. Don't over baked your bread. Eat it directly when they are still warm.

Hmmmmm....you will smell the garlic and oregano all around your apartment. That's already make you feel inside the Pizza Resto :D :D