Well its been MONTHS!! I have completely neglected the blog, havent baked much, well Derek S has been baking i havent. Busy with work and started a course and exams and all that crap!!!
So whats new, well myself and Derek S have moved from my parents home to our own home, well we are sharing with two friends and it's absolutely brilliant!! Like last night for example couldnt head into Dublin city for Gay Pride so we had drinks here few friends over and blared spice girls and that its raining men song!!
Well i'll get baking again and start posting up some new recipes!!
Feel like im just blabbing away to myself... blogging is so weird! How do i know anyone is reading any of the posts??? guess i wont!! ah well!!
Random Blog over :D!
Derel
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Sunday, 1 January 2012
IT'S 2012!!!!!!!!
Well ive just posted my New Years Eve blog because before i went out last night i forgot to hit the Publish post button!!!
Anyways last night was great rang in the New Year with all my best pals!!! Didn't get home until 6 am and i then only woke up at 3:30pm.... This day is basically over as its getting dark already! So no baking today for us as we're still wrecked!!
Everyone LOVED the cookies last night!! My boyf Derek S also made cupcakes and it was quite funny because as we were leaving the house to go the party he was still icing the cupcakes because we where running late!!!
I'll get him to pop up his recipe for the cupcakes because they were DELICIOUS!!!!
I'll get him to pop up his recipe for the cupcakes because they were DELICIOUS!!!!
Anyways Happy New Year!!!!
The Dereks
New Year's Eve
Well it's New Years Eve!! Hope everyone is going out to have a great night!
I should differ between me and Derek somehow so im Derek C and my boyf is Derek S
So We're off to our friends New Years party and we decided to bring some treats along with us!
I decided to make cookies! So ive made Chocolate Mud Cookies! This was not my own recipe but i have tweeked it a bit! The recipe is very simple and worked the 1st night i made them last week so ive decided to give them a go again!
The Ingredients are as follows:
200g of Milk Chocolate.
100g White Chocolate.
125g of Unsalted butter, softened.
185g of soft brown sugar.
1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract.
1 Egg.
185g of Plain (all purpose) Flower.
40g Cocoa Powder.
These are easy to make and you will need a few extra things as well:
Electric Mixer (even though you could mix by hand if you wanted it would just take longer)
Sieve
Large Mixing Bowl
Food Processor (Or a Cheese Grater)
Baking Paper
Baking Tray
So Firstly Get all that milk chocolate and put it in the food processor and pulse until it is finely chopped.
Now i don't actually have a food processor so i decided randomly to use a cheese grater and i just grated all the chocolate works perfectly just takes a while! Once its done leave in the fridge so it doesnt melt.
Chop up the White Choc into small chunks. Leave aside.
Preheat your oven to 180c
Next Cream the butter, sugar and the vanilla in your large mixing bowl using an electric mixer. If you dont have an electric mixer guess your gonna have to put a bit more elbow grease in and mix it by hand. Keep Mixing until its pale and fluffy.
Next step is to add in the egg mix again until its fully combined, Then Sift in the Flour and Cocoa and add the Chopped/Grated Milk Choc and the white choc chunks.
Now Make sure your hands are nice and Clean so give them a good wash!!! Your gonna get your hands into that mixture and mix everything together until it forms a soft dough.
Shape the Dough into balls and flatten, the flattened dough should be about the diameter of a 2 euro coin but about 1inch in thickness. Place onto the baking paper on your baking tray. Leave about a 2inch gap between each dough ball and then go ahead and pop it into your oven for 10 Minutes or until fully cooked. The cookies should be still slightly soft when cooked.
After you take them out of the oven slide the baking paper onto a wire rack and leave to cool. Place another sheet of baking paper on your tray and make some more dough balls and bake again!!!!
The whole mixture usually makes between 28-34 cookies. It all Depends on what size you make them!!!
Well i have attached a picture which isn't the best quality!! But that's the best i could do with my phone haha!!! Anyways they are yummy yummy!!! Soft with a little bit of a crunch around the edge and a big chocolate flavour!!!
Hope you enjoyed and sure go on give urself a treat and make these cookies!!!
The Dereks
I should differ between me and Derek somehow so im Derek C and my boyf is Derek S
So We're off to our friends New Years party and we decided to bring some treats along with us!
I decided to make cookies! So ive made Chocolate Mud Cookies! This was not my own recipe but i have tweeked it a bit! The recipe is very simple and worked the 1st night i made them last week so ive decided to give them a go again!
The Ingredients are as follows:
200g of Milk Chocolate.
100g White Chocolate.
125g of Unsalted butter, softened.
185g of soft brown sugar.
1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract.
1 Egg.
185g of Plain (all purpose) Flower.
40g Cocoa Powder.
These are easy to make and you will need a few extra things as well:
Electric Mixer (even though you could mix by hand if you wanted it would just take longer)
Sieve
Large Mixing Bowl
Food Processor (Or a Cheese Grater)
Baking Paper
Baking Tray
So Firstly Get all that milk chocolate and put it in the food processor and pulse until it is finely chopped.
Now i don't actually have a food processor so i decided randomly to use a cheese grater and i just grated all the chocolate works perfectly just takes a while! Once its done leave in the fridge so it doesnt melt.
Chop up the White Choc into small chunks. Leave aside.
Preheat your oven to 180c
Next Cream the butter, sugar and the vanilla in your large mixing bowl using an electric mixer. If you dont have an electric mixer guess your gonna have to put a bit more elbow grease in and mix it by hand. Keep Mixing until its pale and fluffy.
Next step is to add in the egg mix again until its fully combined, Then Sift in the Flour and Cocoa and add the Chopped/Grated Milk Choc and the white choc chunks.
Now Make sure your hands are nice and Clean so give them a good wash!!! Your gonna get your hands into that mixture and mix everything together until it forms a soft dough.
Shape the Dough into balls and flatten, the flattened dough should be about the diameter of a 2 euro coin but about 1inch in thickness. Place onto the baking paper on your baking tray. Leave about a 2inch gap between each dough ball and then go ahead and pop it into your oven for 10 Minutes or until fully cooked. The cookies should be still slightly soft when cooked.
After you take them out of the oven slide the baking paper onto a wire rack and leave to cool. Place another sheet of baking paper on your tray and make some more dough balls and bake again!!!!
The whole mixture usually makes between 28-34 cookies. It all Depends on what size you make them!!!
Well i have attached a picture which isn't the best quality!! But that's the best i could do with my phone haha!!! Anyways they are yummy yummy!!! Soft with a little bit of a crunch around the edge and a big chocolate flavour!!!
Hope you enjoyed and sure go on give urself a treat and make these cookies!!!
The Dereks
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