Choco Crinkles

My dearest husband had been bugging me about baking him some chocolate crinkles. 

Last Friday i was able to fulfill his dream by buying Crinkle Cookie Mix of Celebrations by Sharon from the Maya Kitchen line of products.

What i love about this mix is that It's super duper easy to make. 

The ingredients are:

1 pack of Crinkle Cookie Mix (Celebrations by Sharon) - the Sharon Cuneta!

2 tablespoons of oil

1 medium egg

Confectioner's Sugar

After the mixture had been made:

*Scoop a ball of the mixture and drop into a plate with confectioner's sugar.

*Roll it back and forth until ball is fully covered with confectioners.

*Place it in baking sheet. 

The recipe calls for 370F for 3 to 5 minutes.

*DO NOT OVER BAKE*

Once you remove it from the oven, it will look like this:

Go forth and Bake,

Dina

Lemon Drop Cupcakes

I only use lemon for 3 purposes.

1. i always drink lemon water
2. Tequilla purposes.
3. Lemon Drop Cupcakes

I adapted this recipe from http://partypatisserie.com

Oven 350 degrees F : Bake 18 minutes.(depending on your oven)
*if your using an electric oven check your cupcakes 5 or 10 minutes before time. 

• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3  cup milk
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon finely shredded lemon peel
• 1 recipe Lemon Frosting
• 1/2 cup lemon drop candies, finely crushed

l. Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, line twenty 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper bake cups. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a 2 cup glass measuring cup combine the 2/3 cup milk and set aside.

2.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In  a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and lemon peel; beat until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined.

3. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about  three-fourths full. Use the back of a spoon to smooth out batter in cups. Bake for 18 minutes or until tops spring bakc when lightly touched. Cool cupcakes in  muffins cups on wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove and cool.

4.Up to 1 hour before serving, generously spread or pipe Lemon Frosting onto cupcakes. I crush lemon candies and sprinkle on the top.

LEMON FROSTING: Allow 1/3 cup butter to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In a large mixing bowl beat butter, 1/3 cup shortening, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Slowly add 2 cups powdered sugar, beating well. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Gradually beat in 2 cups additional powdered sugar. Beat in 1 to 2 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon at a time until frosting reaches spreading consistency. Makes about 2 1/2 cups frosting.

Bake me, 

Dina

Cookie Dough Recipes

Cookie dough makes me feel like a messy girl with pigtails, beaters, and a big grin - all over again! I love cupcake batter, but cookie dough is in a class of its own.

Note: Pregnant women should refrain from eating cookie dough due to raw eggs in it. (although - there are some debates about the dangers of eating raw egg.)

What to Do With Raw Cookie Dough

There are countless things to do with raw cookie dough. Some ideas are:

• Mix it with vanilla ice cream for your own homemade cookie dough ice cream.
• Swirl it in with fudge for some cookie dough fudge.
• Spread a layer of it in between two cakes instead of frosting. This would be awesome with cheesecake.
• Just leave it sitting around with a spoon and eat some periodically.
• Make cookie dough cupcakes

Raw Cookie Dough Recipe

Note: To make it egg-less, I used milk to replace the moisture from the eggs. It worked perfectly!

• 2 C all-purpose flour
• 1/2 t salt
• 3/4 C unsalted butter, melted
• 1 C packed brown sugar
• 1/2 C white sugar
• 1 T vanilla extract
• 4 T milk
• Any amount of any mix-in you'd like - t chocolate chips, nuts, or fruit would all work.

1. Mix all ingredients in a big bowl. That's it!

If you are not pregnant then you could go for the ordinary cookie dough recipe also known as "the ultimate mind blowing cake". I adopted this recipe from tidymom.net and it never fails to make me forget my name (its that delicious)

Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Summary: yields 24 cupcakes

ingredients

• 3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1½ cups light brown sugar, packed
• 4 large eggs
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup chocolate chips (semisweet or bittersweet)

instructions

1. preheat the oven to 350° F.
2. Using the paddle attachment on your mixer, combine the butter and brown sugar. Cream together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, approx 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl .
3. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
4. Alternating add the dry ingredients to the mixer bowl with the milk on low speed, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, mixing each addition just until incorporated.
5. Blend in the vanilla.
6. Fold in the chocolate chips with a spatula.
7. Divide the batter evenly between 24 cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

quick notes

While the cupcakes bake and cool, prepare your cookie dough filling.

Thanks to: tidymom.net and cupcakeproject.com

Icing tips and Buttercream

I've been using buttercream and boiled frosting for years now. If i have to choose, ill still choose liquid frosting (royal icing, butter cream and boiled icing)over fondant. I love decorating cupcakes with buttercream while using different icing tips. 

There are different icing tips available on the market. 

(I personally buy in sweetcraft or chocolate lovers castle)