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Chocolate Crinkles Recipe

Ola friendships.

Oven check and  baking stuff check, now I'm ready to bake. But I'm still not sure what I want to bake. I want it to be grand, yummy & chocolate. Hmmm...then suddenly it came into my mind, Chocolate Crinkles! That's what I want to bake. So, I search the net for easy recipe and lol there was a lot. Then a familiar site came to my eye, Pansalang Pinoy. I'm familiar with this site because I was able to use one of his easy recipe once. And good thing his chocolate crinkle recipe is so easy. Now, all I need to do is buy the ingredients and its baking time!

Chocolate Crinkle Recipe by Panlasang Pinoy

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1  1/4 cup granulated sugar

4 pieces raw eggs

1 tbsp vanilla essence

4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup confectioners sugar

Cooking procedure:

1. Cream the butter in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer

2. Whisk the granulated sugar in and continue mixing for 2 minutes

3. Add the cocoa powder and melted chocolate then mix again for a minute

4. Put-in the eggs and vanilla essence then continue to mix until the texture becomes fluffy.

5. Add-in the flour, salt, and baking powder then mix again until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.

6. Cover the mixing bowl with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours

7. Remove the cover and scoop the mixture using 1/2 tbsp measuring spoon

8. Roll the mixture using your palms until the shape becomes spherical

9. Roll the chocolate balls over confectioners sugar until fully covered

10. Arrange on a baking tray with wax paper (each ball should be 2-3 inches apart)

11. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake the chocolate balls for 10 to 12 minutes

12. Remove from the oven and allow to cool down

13. Arrange in a serving platter then serve. Share and enjoy!

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Ready to Bake

Ola Friendships.

Having an oven makes me feel so alive and excited to venture into the world of baking again. I know, I still have that  baking magic that I once had way back in my college days. Maybe a little practice and a lot of food tasting, which my office mate would surely love to do, can surely bring out the hidden pastry chef in me : )

Well, I can't start baking without having the basic baking utensils. So I bought some of it, just the important ones first because I don't have that big budget for it. I bought measuring cups & spoon, mixing bowls, weighing scale, pans and cookie trays.

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My First Convection Oven

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I always wanted to have an oven at home but still couldn't afford one. So my love for baking was put on hold for quite sometime now. But this past few weeks, I was able to come across a forum, the Female Network, where they shared experiences and tips on having a mini convection oven at home. And each one of them gave out a good review for Imarflex 3in1 convection and rotisserie oven, they were able to bake and roast chicken. It made me curious so I searched the net for this oven and guess what, this oven was affordable and mini (tabletop). But I was still hesitant to buy this kind of oven because for one it runs on electricity and the baking space is small compared to the conventional gas oven.

Still torn between buying it or not, I continued to search the net for reviews of this oven. And far, most of the review are good in terms of durability, price worth and even on the electricity usage. Some even use it to start a small baking business.

Now this made me decide to get this oven, since I want to start a small cookie business.

My New Imarflex Mini Convection Oven bought at Western Appliances Megamall

with price of Php 3,530.00 w/ free 1 liter electric kettle

My brother Stitch checking out the accessories of my mini oven

I'm so excited to use this oven, now I can't decide what to do first whether to bake a bake or roast a chicken : )

Till next time.

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Sharing my Blessings...

Ola Friendships.

Last year was a great year for me, there was a lot of happenings and major changes in my life that made me feel so blessed and love by God. And until now blessings continue to pour in my life.

Blessings doesn't always means pouring of cash or no trials happening in in my life. I still experience hardship like running out of money and having so many loans, emotional set backs etc but with all this, I still manage to overcome it all step by step with God's help. And that's a blessing for me.

So early this year, I made a promise to God that if my settlement comes in I will donate something that is very much needed to Hospicio de San Jose Orphanage. I chose this orphanage because I had a wonderful experience with their special kids way back December 2007. Ceilo (aka Brownpinay) and me organized a party and love drive for the special kids of this orphanage, and it was a total success. During our visit there, I was able to go to one of the rooms were there kids in bed who cannot eat a regular food, it needs to be pureed and feed through tubes. And at that time, there was only one blender for at least 10 kids. This really made my heart sink that's why I made a promise to buy a blender for them. You can read our experience in Brownpinay's blog "Update: Excited About a Noble Cause".

I know it took sometime for me to fulfill my promise but still I was able to do it. And honestly, when I went there and gave my gifts for them, I felt so light and happy and there was peace within me. I know God already gave me my great gift in life last June 7, 2011 and with that I will always be grateful to Him and in my own little way, will return the blessing to others.

God Bless to everyone!!!

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Bubbly Garage Sale

Ola Friendships.

As the start of the year, I was already planning to have a garage sale but always postponed it. I guess because I was still clinging to the idea that someday (if ever) I could still fit in my old clothes hehehe. But reality check...It will never fit again and honestly, I kept these clothes for so many years already. So finally, after so many days or months of thinking I finally pushed through with my garage sale. I said to myself, Labubblychica you have a new life now time to throw out the old clutter and have a more new space.

I had my garage sale in my Auntie Bebeng’s house in Boni, it’s not that much but atleast I got throw out some stuff. All of the items are somewhat still new, others are worn once and some are really branded stuff. I gave out low prices for all the items so that everyone can buy.

Thank God for after the day, I was able to gain Php 1,700 from my garage sale. And honestly, it was an ok sale although some of the stuff wasn’t sold but yehey...I could still sell it on my next garage sale : )

Adios!

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Shamcey Supsup – A winner in Filipino’s Heart

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I know everyone is still hype at watching the Miss Universe 2011 Pageant just a couple of hours ago. Why I know? Because I’m one of them, still amazed at their beauties and watched it through live stream here in our office though not the only one hehehe.

Yehey was heard here in our office, good thing our big boss is out of the office hehehe, when Shamcey made it to top five and gave out a good answer. Everyone including myself was so happy. Facebook, twitter, yahoo messenger and other media network are all filled with hopeful and support messages for Shamcey to win.

Then came the crowning time, we held our breath and waited who will be called to be the fourth runner up…it was Miss China. Yipppeeee….Miss Philippines still on the list…then came third runner…it was Miss Philippines…. Ooowwwwssss was heard in our office but still we are happy she’s not the last, then came 2^nd runner up Miss Brazil, then it was down to two finalist Miss Angola and Miss Ukraine.

The tension was really high who will be the Miss Universe, then first runner was called, it was Miss Ukraine.

Miss Universe 2011 is Miss Angola!!

I know that we’ve been waiting for a long time now for Philippines to get the crown again of Miss Universe. Nevertheless, I am always proud of all the candidates that represented Philippines in this pageant.

To Miss Shamcey Supsup….we are proud of you!

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