*358 - 2 recipes

For Zhu and Sandhya and anyone else who wants to bake yummy things, here are the recipes. Typed them out according to how I made them, not the original recipes, because I didn't keep those. If you want the original recipe, just add a bit more butter and sugar because I always cut down :P But I think they were fine my way! Haha (:

Chocolate SURPRISE cookies! (:
(Makes 25-30)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1/3 cup chocolate chips

3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter

Directions:
1. Filling: mix confectioner's sugar and 3/4 cup peanut butter. Chill.
2. Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda.
3. Beat sugar, butter, 1/4 cup peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and egg. Stir in flour mixture and chocolate chips.
4. Roll filling into about 30 balls. Shape about 1 tbsp dough around a peanut butter ball. Flatten slightly.
5. Bake at 375 degrees F for 7-9 minutes.

My comments:
Original recipe had 1 cup sugar and no chocolate chips. But reading reviews, I heard the cookie part wasn't chocolatey enough hence the added chocolate. Also cut down on the 1/2 cup butter slightly (I used about 90 to 100g, if that's easier for you). Also found the filling to be wayyyy too much and halfway through the cookie you would feel very jelat, so maybe you can reduce the filling to 1/2 cup each. And make the balls smaller in size.


Chocolate SURPRISE cupcakes! (:
(Makes 18 smallish ones)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup veggie oil
1 tbsp white vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract

4 ounces cream cheese
1 egg
1/6 cup sugar
1/16 tsp salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar, salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt. Add water, oil, vinegar, vanilla. Stir well.
4. Spoon in 1 tbsp batter, then 1 tbsp cream cheese mixture, then cover tops with remaining batter.
5. Bake 25-30 min.

My comments:
The measurements are a bit weird (1/16 teaspoon??) because I halved the original cream cheese mixture recipe. If not I found that there was wayyyy too much cream cheese. Of course that could be just me, and if you think it's just me, you can follow the original by doubling the amount of cream cheese mixture and keeping the muffin batter amount the same.


Both happen to be chocolatey & "surprising" recipes hehe. Have fun and tell me if you like them! (: