Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops

No, you aren't seeing double! Yes, this is my second post today! Since I made two different kinds of cookies I thought I would share how I made these Oreo Pops with you all as well!

Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops

Here is what you will need:

One package of Double Stuff Oreos
White Candy Melts
Lollipop sticks
Icing Colours

Directions:

Melt your Candy Melts in the microwave at 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between each increment. I added a teaspoon of shortening to make the consistency of the melts a little runnier. 

Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops

Twist apart all of the Oreo cookies. With the lollipop stick make an indentation in the white filling of each cookie. Dip the end of the lollipop stick and place it into the indentation you just made in the cookie.

Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops


 Place the top of the cookie back on. Once you have about half of them done place them in the freezer until you are ready for the next step.


Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops

With the chilled cookies that you just removed from the freezer, dip the cookies one at a time into the melted chocolate. I used a spoon to drizzle over them, I found this way I wasn't leaving "Oreo dust" behind. Shake off the excess chocolate by tapping the side of the bowl gently. 

TIP: To keep my Candy Melts from hardening I had placed my glass bowl on top of another bowl that had been filled with boiling water.

Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops

Place your dipped Oreo's on parchment paper to dry.

Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops

Once the cookies were dry, I finished them off by adding their faces. See my Sugar Cookie post on how I added the Royal Icing.

Ninjago Birthday Party Oreo Pops

I hope you've enjoyed this little tutorial on Oreo Pops, a great alternative to Cake Pops. I love them both, I just wanted to try something new!

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Have a great day and thanks for coming by,
Happy Crafting :)

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

Hi everyone! Today is party day!!! Woohoo, I may be more excited than the Birthday Boy, LOL! Everything is ready for tonight, phewww! *sigh*  

The next thing I'm going to share with you today is how I made my sugar cookies. Guess what... this was my first time ever, and I am so happy with the results! If I can do it, you can too!

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

The first thing I did was look up a recipe for making sugar cookies. HERE is the one I finally used.

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

Next, I made Royal Icing. HERE is the recipe I used for it.

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

I made my icing consistency a bit on the runnier side. I wanted to pipe and flood the cookie right away. I was a little impatient, hehe!

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

I then outlined the outside of the cookie and the outside of the mask and went straight into flooding them.

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

I first did all the white and then all my red cookies. Once those were piped and flooded I then went back and flooded the center faces with yellow icing. You need to wait at least 20 minutes before adding another color. 

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

I finished them off by pipping on their eyes and eyebrows. Some of the black icing I used for the eyes ended up bleeding into the yellow icing... I probably was too impatient, and didn't wait for the face to harden up enough or my black icing was too runny! Either way, they still taste the same but look like they have on runny mascara, LOL! ;)

Ninjago Birthday Party Sugar Cookies

I then let these little Ninjas rest overnight. The next day I wrapped them individually and placed one in each treat bag for Tomas' guests!

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Have a great day and thanks for coming by,
Happy Crafting :)


Sunday, January 20, 2013

Heart Shaped Macaroons and Recipe for Valentines Day


Are you all in a Valentine's mood yet? I sure am... I got hearts in my mind! 

The last time I made macaroons I was so excited that they actually turned out, that I just had to try making them again... this time since Valentine's Day is around the corner I thought I would make them in the shape of a heart. 

Aren't they adorable? To make the heart, I just piped them out in a "V" shape.

Heart Shaped Macaroons and Recipe for Valentines Day

Seriously could they be any cuter? This time I used a chocolate ganache filling.... sooooo yummy! 

Heart Shaped Macaroons and Recipe for Valentines Day

Here is the recipe I used:

4 large egg whites (or 5 small – 140g (4.94 ounces))
1/3 cup caster sugar (70g (2.47 ounces))
1 1/2 cups icing sugar (230g (8.11 ounces))
1 cup almond meal (120g (4.23 ounces))
2g (0.07 ounces) salt (tiny pinch)
gel food coloring (optional)


Click here to see where the recipe came from and all the tips and tricks to make the perfect French Macaroon. Ann walks you through every possibility!

Hope you enjoyed my heart mac's, I know I did! 

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Merry Macaroons | Christmas Baking

Hello everyone! Welcome to all my new followers :) Can't believe I hit the 200 mark, whoop, whoop! Thanks, everyone for your support!

Well with Christmas at our doorstep, I probably will not have any time for posts until the new year. So today I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Hope you all are enjoying this time of year :) 

So for my last post of the year, I wanted to share some macaroons that I just finished making to take to my parent's house for Christmas Eve. This was my first attempt at making them and I was surprised at how well they turned out for me (other than color.) I really wanted to make red macaroons and fill them with green icing (Christmas colors)... but since they turned out pink I just used a white filling. Not worried cause I'm sure they will taste just as yummy!

Here are a few pics of how they looked along the way...

Merry Macaroons | Christmas Baking

Merry Macaroons | Christmas Baking

Merry Macaroons | Christmas Baking

Don't they look yummy?!? They are! I know, cause I had to try... I think I will have to go on a diet after the holidays are over, lol! If you are interested in the recipe I used, click here. Ann walks you through every step of the way and even has troubleshooting tips and a video to help you. You will also love her accent!

Thanks again everyone for following me on my wildcrafting journey through life. See you all soon... until next year!