Valentine's Day Recipe II

I promised that I will be back today to share this awesome strawberry recipe with you girls and I'm keeping that promise!

Hehe.

Need to make up for my absence for the whole of last week!

This recipe is definitely worth a try because:

1) It's super simple to make, you don't even have to follow the recipe THAT closely!

2) It tastes ridiculously and unbelievably good despite how simple it is to make.

3) It looks super photogenic and suitable for Valentine's Day, red and full of love!

4) It does not require sophisticated baking tools...
DUHHH it does not even require you to go near an oven.

5) Have I mentioned how good this tastes??!
Okay yes, I did.





How to make:
Strawberry Cheesecake Cups/Jars


You'll be needing strawberries, of course.


Cook the strawberries with sugar in a small saucepan.


Awesome strawberry sauce in just a few minutes!


Crush the digestive biscuits into small breadcrumb-like bits.


Mix with melted butter and press onto the bottom of your cup/jar!


You need cream cheese and plain yoghurt for the cheese filling!


I used Bulla's Lite' n Healthy plain yoghurt!
Mix well with cream cheese and vanilla extract.


Layer cream cheese mixture onto digestive biscuit base and refrigerate.




Pour the strawberry sauce upon serving.


And now,
the exact recipe!
:)


Ingredients

Makes 6 cups/jars

- 1 punnet of strawberries, about 250g
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 digestive biscuits
- 25g unsalted butter
- 250g cream cheese, room temperature
- 50g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 140g non/low fat plain yoghurt


Method

Heat 1/3 of the strawberries and sugar and in a small saucepan over low heat until the berries have broken down.
Add the rest of the strawberries and cook for another 1 minute.
 Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat.
 Crumb the digestive biscuits until they resemble breadcrumbs.
 Mix the crumbs and the melted butter until combined.

 Spoon equal portion of the biscuit mixture into the bottom of cups/jars.
 Lightly press down the mixture into the bottom of the cups/jars.
 Leave to chill in fridge.

Mix cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl and beat at medium speed for 3 minutes/till smooth and creamy.

Add in yoghurt and beat for another 1 minute till the mixture is thoroughly mixed.

Spoon cream cheese mixture into the cups/jars in equal amounts.
Leave to chill in the fridge again for 2 hours before serving with strawberry sauce on top.



Give this a try!
Promise you won't regret it for sure.
;)

Happy Valentine's Day in advance to all you lovelies!

♥

Valentine's Day Recipe I

Hi!

I'm finally back from my break,

time to wipe the dust off my neglected blog!

Here's a short summary of what I did during my break:

- CNY visiting

- Play with my fur babies at home

- Sleep

- Rekindled my love for baking

- Watch at least 5 hours of HK drama every day

- Sleep more

Which explains why I did not update my blog.

Hahaha.

Now that I'm back, 

I thought I should share some of my bakes during my week long holiday!

Wanted to blog about my CNY this year but since Valentine's Day is just around the corner,

I thought these recipes (with step-by-step photos!) would come in handy for some of you.

;)

Something chocolate-y for today,
then strawberries for tomorrow!





How to Make :
Double Chocolate Butterscotch Cookies


Cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer and beat till light and fluffy


Add an egg into the mixture and beat till well incorporated.


Time for some vanilla extract to enhance the flavour of the cookies!

Weigh cocoa powder and flour according to recipe.


Sift dry ingredients together.




Mix big spoonfuls of sifted dry ingredients into the butter/egg/sugar mixture till it's well combined.


Weigh the semi sweet chocolate chips and butterscotch chips!


Mix the chips into the dough mixture and stir it till well combined!


Scoop spoonfuls of dough onto baking tray.
You can press a few butterscotch chips on top of the dough if you want the chips to be more visible after baking.
*Be sure to leave sufficient space else your cookies will stick together as they expand quite a bit during baking.

After 9-11 minutes of baking,
super chocolate-y and decadent cookies are yours for gobbling!
WHOOPEE!

If your special someone loves anything chocolate,
this is one recipe you need to make for him.


And finally,
here's the recipe with the exact ingredients and exact timings!


Ingredients

Makes 18-22 cookies

- 140g unsalted butter at room temperature
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 125g all purpose plain flour
- 85g unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
(can replace with white chocolate chips)

Method

Preheat oven to 175 deg celsius.

Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy, scraping the sides of bowl when needed.

Add the egg and mix well.

Add vanilla extract and mix well again.

Sift dry ingredients together, then add in batches to the mixing bowl.
Mix till just combined after each addition.

Gently add chocolate chips and butterscotch chips into the mixture.

Scoop the dough by spoon and drop onto baking sheet. Dot the top of each cookie with additional butterscotch chips if you want them to show up on the cookie after baking.

Bake for 9-11 minutes depending on your oven,
till cookies are barely done but soft and chewy.

Let cool on a wire rack.



And you're done!

A really simple and absolutely fool proof recipe if you're looking to bake something for this Valentine's Day!

Most of the ingredients can be easily found in any NTUC/Phoon Huat/baking supplies shop.
I bought the butterscotch chips from Cold Storage but they were quite costly.
Would definitely try this recipe out again in future,
but maybe with white chocolate chips instead!
:)

If you have any questions you can just leave a comment below and I'll be happy to help!

Sharing another recipe tomorrow so remember to come back!