I {HEART} Baking

We finally found a place :) it just needs some touch ups and we'll be moving in a couple of weeks.
Being back in the city has his ups, like I can go back to baking and posting recipes, YAY!
It was my mother in law's birthday and I decided to make her something special: Caramel Chocolate Macadamian Cheesecake!
Warning: Food Porn Ahead... Dont say I didnt warn you!

First get yourself some Oreos because we are making a crust...


I used 36 Oreos.


Crush them :) you could use a close ziploc bag or a potato masher like I did!



Go ahead and melt one stick of butter.

And add to the crushed Oreos...

use those hands like I did... dont forget to clean them first!

Press the Oreo-butter mix to your pan.
I did 3 small, but you can also do 1 large!

Measure 14oz of wrapped caramel.
it is a little bit less than one pound.

Put in a saucepan, and melt this babies, with 2 tablespoon of milk.

At this point you want to lick that spoon but DONT, it is HOT!

Trust me I know this... I tried :p
You can buy premade Caramel sauce, but this stuff taste wayyyy better!

Go find some Macadamia Nuts Brittle, if you cant find it use plain macadamia.

Crush them a little.

Add them to your Oreo crust, but save a little for deco.

And pour some caramel.I know you feel like you can eat them just like that, they look yummy, but wait, it gets better and better!

Let's make the cheesecake batter.You'll need two 8oz. Cream Cheese.Mix well.

Add two eggs.

Two tablespoons of lemon juice.

1 cup of sugar.

1 tablespoon of vanilla and 1 teaspoon of almond extract.

When it is well combined pour batter over your crust.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Let them cool inside your turned off oven, without opening the door until the oven is completly cooled down. This is the key for smooth looking cheesecakes.

While they are cooling, get some milk chocolate chips.
Melt them in a waterbath.


Pour caramel and melted chocolate over your cheesecakes.

For deco I did one with crushed Macadamia Nuts Brittle...

And the other two with crushed Oreos.

This were like heaven on a bite. SOOOOO GOOD!!!!Everyone loved them!

Go make some and thank me latter :) ENJOY!

I {HEART} Baking- Mecho's Hair Salon Blondies

Since I am on vacation, I {HEART} Cooking and Baking is back, ohhh how I miss baking!!!

Before I give you the recipe here is a little story about it:

When my sister and I where little... Insert embarasing childhood picture... DONE

Dear Big Sister, I just posted a picture of you on my blog, why? because I can, THAT is why!

Ok, lets go on... so when we where little we used to go with my mom to the hair salon (Mecho's), and one lady there used to sell the best blondies EVER!

Back in those day I had no clue the name was blondie so I just called them white brownies.

I've been experimenting to find the recipe of those blondies and today, because of lack of ingredients I found it, so here it is.

Ingredients

-1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil

-1 tablespoon of milk

-1 cup of brown sugar

-1 egg

-1 cup of flour

-1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

-1/4 teaspoon of salt

-1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

-1 teaspoon of almond extract

-2 tablespoons of chopped nuts (your choice of nuts and optional)

Just mix all of the ingredients and pour on a greased pan (the batter will look weird so dont worry about it.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Allow to cool before you unmold and enjoy!!!

Notes: do not change the ingredients if you want to get it right, this are chewy, crusty and just perfect!

I {HEART} Baking

If you love cookie dough and you love cupcake this is perfect for you :)

Today I baked Double Chocolate Chunk Vanilla Cupcakes, just writing the name makes me want to go grab another one, yum!

It is just your favorite cupcake and cookie recipe mix together, could there be anything better in the world? NOPE!

First you need to make some cookie dough, if you are scared about eating raw eggs use this eggless recipe, if like me you like to lick your bowl clean everytime you bake and really couldnt care less about salmonella just to have that wonderful taste in your mouth :) follow this one for Double Chocolate Chunk cookies (or your regular favorite one).

Make the dough into balls and freeze them (eat a few before you do that).

Now make vanilla cupcakes, and put the frozen cookie dough balls on top before baking, no need to push them down.

Bake the regular time your cupcake recipe requires.

ENJOY!!

I {HEART} Baking

Why is it that everytime I bake something I have to do 2 at the same time, I am not happy just baking one thing :p

Today I made Peach Cobbler and it was the most good gooey thing ever, it tasted like pie, yummy!!!

Here is what to do it and have your house smelling like cinnamon heaven :)

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup AP flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp grounded cinnamon

1/2 tsp grounded nutmeg
1 cup milk
1 (29 ounce) can peaches

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream together sugar and butter, add vanilla. Mix in flour, salt, baking powder and milk until smooth. Pour peaches and their juice (add cinnamon and nutmeg to the juice) over the top.
Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until golden brown.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream :)

I also made chocolate cookies, and this recipe is my forever keeper for chocolate cookies, they are so far the best ones and EVERYONE loved them, they were gone FAST!!!

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup baking cocoa
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
confectioners sugar

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll into balls. Place 2 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with your hand a little. Bake at 350 degrees F for 6 minutes. Dust warm cookies with confectioners sugar.

ENJOY!!!!