Yummy Craisins

Not much sewing happening in this house at the moment unfortunately that I'm going to blog about. I have however had my nan over today, and when Nan is visiting, I bake. I made these White Choc & Craisin Biscuits. I got the recipe from cooking class last Monday and thought I'd give it a go. They a bit yummy. I will post the recipe below. 150g unsalted butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
2 cups Rolled Oats
1 cups White Choc Chips
2/3 cups dried Craisins

Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C, line 3 baking trays.
2. Cream butter & sugar until pale & creamy, add egg & vanilla. Beat until smooth.
3. Sift flour & baking powder together until combined.
4. Add flour, oats, chocolate & craisins & stir until combined.
5. Roll tablespoons of mixture and place on baking trays, flatten with a fork.
6. Bake for 12 to 15mins or until golden. Cool on wire trays

Enjoy!!

Yummy yummy cookies & a mermaid skirt

Well here it is again, midnight & I am up and on the computer.

This afternoon I decided to make some cookies, so after a quick look in a couple of cookbooks, without success, I reverted to some good old Anzac biscuits. As I was rolling the mix, my sister popped in for a visit, and told me about a, " if all else fails" cookie recipe.

How good does this cookie dough look? Good enough to eat raw.....yes, I admit, I had a little taste, and it was divine!



Wow! So easy, so quick, so yummy & so so many cookies. I finished baking my anzacs, and started making these M&M cookies, that I have named "Mandys Cookies".

I know what you are thinking, and yes, it took a lot of hard thinking to come up with that name.

Here are the first two batches, on the tray ready to go in the oven.




And here they are just out of the oven....after 6 trays of cookies, I have enough cookies to feed the whole street. What a night all of my kiddies chose to have sleep overs at their friends houses, the night mumma decides to bake.

The recipe is below;

Mandys Cookies

4 cups Self Raising Flour
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 can condensed milk
500g softened butter
1 350g bag M&Ms or choc chips or white choc chips & Macadamias

Method
1. Combine softened butter & sugar in mixer.
2. Add flour, condensed milk & mix with dough hooks until combined. Do not over mix.
3. Add choccys of your choice & mix through with spoon.
4. Roll cookies to desired size & using a fork, flatten slightly.
5. Cook in moderate oven for 10mins
6. Cool on wire & enjoy.

My oven is fan-forced & I cooked mine for ten mins. The cookies were softish when I took them out, but hardened up within minutes. If you like them extra crunchy, bake for 15mins.


My niece Luella is turning 3 on Sunday & her mum is making her a mermaid cake. So of course I jumped up tonight & made her a cute little Mermaid skirt for her to wear on her birthday. The fabric is from Spotlight, very cute. I added a little pocket, so she can keep her little mermaid treasures in it.


Well, that is all for tonight.
Goodnight

Recipe!! White Choc Strawberry Cheesecake

Martha has finally parted with her recipe for the much loved Baked Cheesecake. We have had so many requests for the recipe, so here it is.

200g white chocolate

875g cream cheese

1 1/3 cups caster sugar

1/2 cup thickened cream

4 eggs

2 Tablespoons amaretto

125g amaretto biscuits, crushed

400g fresh strawberries

1/4 cup pure icing sugar, sifted

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Step 1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius, grease 24cm springform tin & line with baking paper. Chop choc & melt in pan over boiling water. Sit aside to cool to lukewarm.

Step 2. Chop cream cheese & put in large mixing bowl, beat until smooth, then add caster sugar & cream. Beat for 1 - 2 mins. Lightly beat eggs & add to bowl of cream cheese along with amaretto liqueur & cooled choc. Beat for 1 - 2 mins until well combined. Spoon half of the mixture into prepared tin. Smooth the top & sprinkle with the crushed biscuits.

Step 3. Wash the strawberries in cold water, drain & pat dry. Cut strawberries into quarters, (or halves if small) and scatter across the layer of biscuits.

Step 4. Spoon the rest of the mixture over the top of strawberries & biscuits, smooth over carefully. Place tin on baking tray and bake for 40 - 50 mins or until just set. Leave on wire rack to cool and refridgerate for several hours or overnight. Dust with icing sugar & cinnamon and add a fresh strawberry before serving.

So there you go, a yummo baked cheesecake in four easy steps!! Enjoy!!