Chocolate Chip Muffins
(makes 12)
2 cups plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup soured cream
1 3/4 cups choclate chips
1 cup walnuts, chopped
Preheat Oven to 350F.
In a medium bowl, combine flour,
baking powder, salt and sugars.
In another bowl, blend egg, butter,
milk and soured cream until
well blended.
Add flour mixture to butter
and mix well.
Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Bake muffins for approx 15-20 minutes.
Chocolate Cheesecake
2oz/50g butter
5oz/150g digestive biscuits,finely crushed
2oz/50g demerara sugar
8oz/227g carton cream cheese
3oz/75g caster sugar
2 eggs, separated
6oz double cream, whipped
Combine the butter, biscuit crumbs and
demerara sugar. Press the mixture over
the base of an 8 inch loose-bottomed tin
and place in the refridgerator to harden.
Blend the cheese, caster sugar and egg-yolks
together, then mix in the chocolate.
Fold in half the cream (only half as the rest
is for decorating). Whisk the egg whites until
stiff and fold into the mixture. Pour onto the
crumb base and leave in the refidgerator to set.
Decorate with the remaining cream.
Gooey Chocolate Pud
200g cooking chocolate
200mls milk
50g butter
75g caster sugar
2 eggs - separated
25g cocoa
Preheat oven to 180C (gas mark 4).
Melt the milk and chocolate in a pan.
Whisk egg whites. Mix flour and cocoa.
Cream sugar and butter. Gradually add
rest of ingredients. Fold in the egg whites.
Pour into dish and cook in a "bain marie"
for 45 minutes.
Sticky Toffee Pudding
2oz butter
6oz sugar
1/2lb flour
1 egg
6oz stoned dates
1/2pt. boiling water
1tsp bread soda
1tsp vanilla essense
3oz brown sugar
2oz butter
2tbsp cream
Dissolve bread soda in boiling water
and pour over fruit. Leave while preparing
other ingredients. The 1st 5 ingredients can
be processed in a food processor. Otherwise,
sift flour and baking powder into bowl.
Cream butter and sugar, add egg and fold in
flour mixture. Add date mixture and stir with
wooden spoon. Turn into greased pie dish and
bake in preheated oven 350F for 40 minutes.
Simmer brown sugar, butter and cream together
for3 minutes and pour over pudding. Put under
grill until mixture bubbles. Serve with whipped
cream or custard.
Triple Chocolate Pudding
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/8 cup cocoa powder
1 1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
4 1/2 cups (2%)Milk
4 1/2 cups half and half
4 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate(callebaut)
3 tbsp vanilla
*4 1/2 ozs. shaved white chocolate
Whisk sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, and salt together.
Gradually whisk in milk, whisking until smooth.
Whisk in half and half then pass through
chinois into a heavy stainless steel sauce pan.
Cook over medium heat whisking constantly.
Bring to a boil, boil 1 minute. Remove from heat
and stir in bittersweet chocolate and vanilla.
Stir over ice bath to cool. Fold in white chocolate
and pour into coffee cups.
*NOTE: White chocolate can be left out.
Apple Delight
6 Green Apples; cored and seeds removed
lemon juice
3/4 cups almonds, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup nuts; coarsely choppred
1/2 cup honey
cinnamon powder
Halve apples and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Place in a ovenproof baking dish lined with
baking paper. Mix almonds, nuts, cinnamon and
honey together. Fill the center of each halved apple.
(where the core was) with about half a tablespoon
of the almond mixture. Bake the apples in a pre-heated
375 degree oven for about 20 minutes oruntil the
apples are soft. Remove baking dish and place
two apples halves on a serving plate, sprinkle
with cinnamon and serve hot. Vanilla ice-cream
is a perfect companion to this tart apple dessert.
Double Deckers
Pack of Digestive Biscuits
Bar of milk chocolate
Bag of marshmallows
Melt the chocolate and spread over half the biscuits,
then place a marshmallow on each biscuit remaining
and place in microwave for about 20-30 seconds or
until they get really big. While the marshmallow is still
warm sandwich with the chocolate biscuit and
place in the fridge until they are cold.
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