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An apple a day keep a doctor away !

I am a big fan of apple pie , apple crumble and apple strudels. Here my 1st time making my own apple crumble. It turn out moist and wet with the crunchy crumbles. It simply yummy. The recipes is simple and easy. Give it a try and you will not regrets.

Apple Crumble

Ingredients:

Crumbs

300g flour
200g of cold butter
175g of brown sugar
2 teaspoon of cinnamon

Filling

5 Rose Apple
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
2/3 cup of brown sugar

Directions:

1) Preheat oven at 175 Degree Celsius.
2) Dice the apple into small cubes.
3) Add in sugar and cinnamon. Mix well. Cook under low heat till the apples is soften.
4) In other Mixing bowl, Add in flour, sugar and butter and cinnamon.
5) Rub the ingredients into small crumbles and set aside.
6) Once the apples is cook, transfer it into the baking tray.
7) Cover the apples with the crumbs.
8) Bake it for 30mins at 175 Degree Celsius till golden brown.
9) Serve it hot.

Rose Apples

Step 2

Step 2 : Cooked apple till soft

Step 5 : Crumbs

Apple crumble

I had been cracking my brain think of what should I bake for my boyfriend as part of his birthday present.Chocolate cookies , Peanut Butter cookies was too common and i had bake for him before.I was browsing through my cousin's facebook and came across the almond biscotti that she had recently baked. I decided to give it a try.

Biscotti are twice bake biscuits that originated from a city, Prato from Italy.This biscults are oblong-shaped almond biscuits, made dry and crunchy through cutting the loaf of dough while still hot and fresh from the baking in the oven.

It does not turn out great at first. I went through couple of tries before I successfully baked the Almond biscotti.

Here my experiences when baking :

First try : The Almond biscotti turn out too thin in width. I have problem cutting it up as it tends to break into small pieces. Also due to my carelessness , I overlooked the timing and I get the whole batch burnt during the second batch.

Second try : Everything turn out well. However, I am unable to get the thinly slices of Almond biscotti. Other than that, I had added too little almonds into the dough. I ended up unable to get the nice almond marbled on each slices.

Final try : I went to Daiso to get the bread serrated knife. It really works perfectly. I am able to get the thickness of the Almond biscotti that I wanted. (*The thickness of the Almond biscotti can be depend on each individuals) With the extra almonds added, I am able to get the pretty look on each Almond biscotti.

Overall, It is a pretty easy recipe that give you great biscuits.

Here the recipe :

Indgrdients:

❤ 1 cup of caster sugar

❤ 2 cups of self-raising flour

❤ 2 eggs

❤ 1/2 tsp baking powder

❤ 300g of almonds

❤ 1/2 tsp Almond Essence

❤ 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Methods:

❤ Preheat oven to 170 degree celsius. Line large baking tray with baking paper.

❤ Place sugar, eggs, almonds essence and vanilla extract in a large bowl.Mix it well,beat till thick.

❤ Fold in flour,baking powder and almonds, then use your hand to lightly knead the dough until smooth.

❤ Divide the dough into half. Form into 2 long logs about 25cm x 5cm wide and place it on the baking paper. Bake the dough for 25 minutes until the dough is firm to touch and golden brown

❤ Remove it from oven and set aside to cool

❤ Preheat oven to 140 degree celsius

❤ Once the dough is cool, use a serrated knife to cut the log into slices.

❤ Line slices flat on the baking tray and bake for 20 minutes.Make sure both side are all golden brown.

❤ Leave it to cool completely and it is ready to be serve

While browsing through my friend website : love2enjoy , I came across one of the recipes she is sharing ; Baileys and Hot Chocolate Tiramisu . It really tempting . I decided to give it a try since i bought Caramel Baileys when i am in bangkok last month. This my 1st time sharing recipe , hope you guys will love it. Leave comment if u had try my recipes. Thanks lots and enjoy (:

I did some changes to the indgredient for my own reciept. For the orignal Baileys and Hot Chocolate Tiramisu recipes , u can refer to love2enjoy or abittersweetwife.

Caramel Baileys and Hot Chocolate Tiramisu

Ingredients

¼ cup hot water

¼ cup hot chocolate powder

¼ cup Caramel Bailey

2 egg yolks

1 tbs white sugar

2 egg whites

2 cups mascarpone

18 lady fingers

1. Start by adding 2 tsp of hot chocolate mix to hot water, and stir till dissolved. Then add in the Baileys.

2. In a double boiler, whisk (by hand) very quickly and continuously 2 egg yolks and sugar till combined and the mixture lightens and becomes the texture of runny pudding. {Try not to over cook the eggs. If you do they will look more like scrambled eggs.} Remove from heat and set aside.

3. In a separate bowl whisk (with your hand held electric beaters or electric whisk) 2 egg whites till they form stiff peaks. Once done, set aside.

4. Fold the mascarpone cheese into the egg yolk mixture. When the cheese is well combined and creamy, fold it into the egg white mixture.

5. Using 2 mugs, place 3 ladyfingers at the bottom of the cup. Generously brush with the hot cocoa bailey’s liquid. Next spoon the mascarpone mixture on top of the ladyfingers. Then sprinkle with hot chocolate powder. Repeat process 2 times.

6. Top the tiramisu to your desire