Pana Cotta(collaboration with {http://www.gretaleejw.blogspot.co.id})

Today I made pana cotta. Pana cotta is one of my favourite desserts to eat! Its pretty heavy so make sure you don't make too much in one portion when your making it. Pana cotta is usually served with fruits or sauces. I will show you how to make a few different sauces in another post. Lets get started with the recipe!

What you will need:

-1 Envelope of Unflavored Gelatin
-2 Tbsp of Water

-1 cup of Half and Half(equal mixture of milk and cream)
-½ cup of Heavy Cream
-1 tsp of Vanilla Extract-½ tsp of Lemon peel
-2 Tbsp of Granulated Sugar

Directions:

1) Place the water in a small bowl and sprinkle over the gelatin, set aside to soften.

2) In a small saucepan, add the heavy cream, half and half, lemon zest and sugar, bring to a simmer over medium heat. Turn the heat off and add the gelatin mixture, whisk for a couple minutes or until the gelatin melts.  

3) Strain this mixture and add the vanilla extract to the strained mixture. 

4) Divide the mixture between three large ramekins or four small ones. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. 
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I hope you enjoyed this recipe and found it helpful. 
This post is a collaboration with my friend, Greta. To see more about what pana cotta is, visit her blog:http://www.gretaleejw.blogspot.co.id
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RECIPE TAKEN FROM: http://www.laurainthekitchen.com
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Homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups(makes 12 peanut butter cups)

Today I made homemade reese's peanut butter cups. These are one of my favourite chocolate treats and I know that many people like it as well, so I decided to share a recipe on how you can make it at home! Lets get started on the recipe!

What you will need:

- 12 oz. chocolate chips

- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

- 1/4 cup powdered sugar

- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter

- 12-cup muffin tin/pan

- 12 cupcake/muffin liners

Directions:

1. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with muffin liners.

2. Melt one (12 oz.) bag of chocolate either in a double boiler or by microwaving in short increments, stirring after 30 seconds, for about 2 minutes.

3. With a small spoon or cookie scoop, evenly distribute melted chocolate into each muffin cup. Drop pan repeatedly on the counter to help chocolate flatten and smooth out. Freeze whole pan for 15 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl combine peanut butter, powdered sugar and butter. Whip with an electric hand mixer until smooth*. Remove pan from freezer and place small spoonfuls of peanut butter mixture on top of each chocolate layer. Drop pan repeatedly on the counter again, to help flatten peanut butter layer. Freeze whole pan for 15 minutes.

5. Melt remaining 12 oz. bag of chocolate. Working quickly, portion small spoonfuls of chocolate into each cups, three cups at a time, immediately dropping the pan repeatedly on the counter to flatten cups. Freeze whole pan for 15 minutes to set the top layer of chocolate.

6. Enjoy your peanut butter cups!

I hope this recipe was helpful and I hope you enjoy the treats!

Recipe taken from:http://www.thecomfortofcooking.com

Christmas Tree Chocolate Covered Pretzels!(Non-Bake)

Today I made something Christmas themed because Christmas is right around the corner. Instead of making something really fancy, I just put a little Christmas magic into one of my favourite sweet snacks to make.. CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS! Instead of regular chocolate covered pretzels, I shaped the chocolate into christmas trees! Let's get started with the treats!

What you will need:

-Pretzel sticks

-White chocolate mixed with green food colouring/green chocolate melts

-Small candies in different colours to resemble ornaments(optional)

-Yellow/gold candy tor resemble the christmas tree star(optional)

-Flavouring(optional)

-Piping bag

-Heat safe bowl/cup/plate

-Mixing utensil

-Tray

-Parchment / wax paper

Directions:

1. Melt your chocolate in the heat safe bowl/cup/plate.

2. Add your food colouring(if you used white chocolate) and also add the flavouring(if you chose too) then mix everything well with your mixing utensil.

3. Put the melted chocolate into the piping bag.

4. Cut the end of the piping bag then draw a christmas tree onto a tray that has parchment/wax paper on it.

5. Place a pretzel stick at the bottom middle of the christmas tree.

6. Draw another layer of melted chocolate to cover the pretzel.

7. Decorate your christmas tree chocolate covered pretzel with the candy.

8. Either leave in the freezer for half an hour or let sit in room temperature for 1 hour.

9. Enjoy your treat!

Hope you liked today's post which was holiday themed and hopefully I will be making more Christmas sweets. Happy Holidays!!!!!

Check Out My Blog Pages!

I know some of you might not know but i have pages! Pages are basically blog post but they are usually longer. If you see my blog, you will probably only be able to see my blog POSTS but not my blog PAGES. So, where you can find the pages is; Scroll down to the bottom of the blog, then you will see the word 'Pages'. Below that are all the pages. You won't be able to see it immediately but you have to click the title of the page then you can see the blog page! That is all I have to say right now. 

-Sophia

More Blog Suggestions!

Today I am going to make more blog suggestions. My friends seemed to like the last blog suggestion post that I made so I will make another one. These are also cooking/baking blogs. Check them out because they have great blogs! Hope you enjoy the suggestions!

-Shofiyah Novianti: Shofiyah's blog is called "Food and Beverages". It is about different types of foods and famous chefs from all around the world!

http://worldfoodbeverages.blogspot.co.id

-Julien Muchtar: Julien's blog is called "CookingFood". It is about foods that are baked or cooked!

http://cookfoodjulien.blogspot.co.id

-Mehnaaz Gurbani: Mehnaaz's blog is called "Food and Beverages". It is about yummy baked and cooked treats!

http://mehnaazfab.blogspot.co.id

Thank You for reading today's blog post!

SORRY!

Today my post is just to say sorry that I have not been posting much lately and often. This was because during the past few weeks I have been focusing more on my school, since I was about to have my exams. I just had my last exam a couple days ago. Hopefully, I can post more often now as my exams are over. Also, I am having a month long holiday during December until January so I might be posting more during the holiday.

-Sophia

Blueberry Crumble Cake

Here is a link to a video of how to make blueberry crumble cake. Enjoy the video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSlEyj7oKxg

Blueberry Crumble Cake!!!!!