(3-ingredient) Peanut Butter Cookies

(3-ingredient) Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup Chunky Peanut Butter

1/3 cup Granulated Sugar

1 pc fresh Egg 

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 170°C.

Line baking tray/sheet with parchment paper, and set aside.

In a medium bowl, stir-in all the ingredients together until dough is smooth, fluffy, and well combined.

Scoop out a tablespoons of dough, and roll them into balls.

Then spread them out on the baking tray/sheet.

Press down with the back of a fork and crosshatch the top of each round.

Bake them in the preheated oven for 10~12 minutes. *These cookies will not spread at all. (When they’re ready, they should look nice and golden brown.)

Remove from the oven, and let cool on the tray for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to finish cooling. Store in an airtight container. Share with friends and Enjoy!! 

Happy Baking!!

Mexican Mocha Crinkles

Mexican Mocha Crinkles

Ingredients:

1 cup All-purpose Flour

1/2 cup unsweetened Cocoa Powder

2/3 cup granulated White Sugar

2/3 tbsp instant Black Coffee Granules

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon

1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 tbsp Vanilla Extract

1/4 cup Canola Oil

2 Eggs

2/3 cup Confectioners Sugar

Instructions:

In a large bowl, Add-in the cocoa powder, sugar, coffee granules, baking powder, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and salt . Mix thoroughly until well combined with an electric mixer.

Beat-in the eggs and vanilla extract, then scrape the bowl.

Slowly add-in the flour. Mix well. *The dough consistency will be like brownie batter.

Cover with a foil and place in the fridge for 5~12 hours, or until firm enough to roll by hand.

Preheat the oven to 176°C.

Roll the dough into 1" balls. Place each ball in a bowl of confectioners sugar, and coat thoroughly, before placing on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Place the ball at least 3 inches apart from each other.

Bake in the preheated oven for 10~12 minutes.

Cool completely on the baking sheets before placing in an air-tight glass jar, or before serving.

Happy Baking!!

'Pepero' Cookie Sticks

Today is Pepero Day in South Korea.

Pepero Day is like Valentine’s Day or White Day. It is celebrated every November 11^th (11/11), since the date resembles four pepero cookie sticks.

On pepero day, youngsters and couples exchange boxes of pepero sticks as gifts to show their affection.

Let your special someone know that you care. Give him/her some pepero today.

Store-bought pepero is great, but homemade is better, don’t you agree?! Why not give a box of homemade pepero, instead of buying. Imagine how delighted your loved ones will be when they receive delicious choco-dipped biscuits made by you.

'Pepero' Cookie Sticks

Ingredients:
Cookie Sticks:

155 g All-purpose Flour

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

28 g Refined Sugar

Pinch of salt

2 tbsp Butter

80 g Low-fat Milk

Coating:
1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Morsels, melted
Colorful Sprinkles for deco

Instructions:

Preheat regular or convection oven at 176°C.

In a medium bowl, sift-in the flour and baking powder. Then, add-in sugar and salt.

Mix thoroughly to combine.

Add-in butter and blend well (until it resembles coarse corn meal).

Pour-in milk gradually, until dough is firm.

Pat the dough into a square and wrap in a plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Slice and roll dough into thin strips, and cut into desired length. 

Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until golden.

Remove from oven and let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer baked cookies onto a rack to cool completely.

Coat with chocolate and decorate:

Microwave dark chocolate morsels in a bowl for 2 minutes in 30-second interval while stirring with a spoon until completely melted.

(*It is possible to melt the chocolate over a stove. Use low heat, and stir frequently.)

Remove from microwave, continue stirring until well combined and smooth.

Dip the cookie sticks into the melted dark chocolate and decorate with sprinkles.

Chill in the refrigerator until chocolate has firmly set.

Once the chocolate has hardened, you can now package them in neat and perfectly sized packaging bags and give them away to your loved ones!

Note:

Alternative coating for the cookie sticks can be white chocolate or milk chocolate, and sprinkled with finely chopped nuts, or sweetened toasted coconut.
These are good for presents too! Place them in a fancy box then tie with a nice ribbon and you have the perfect gift.^^