Dinkel-Schoko-Sternchen

Juhuuu... I'm in baking mood on this holiday seasons. Maybe because I miss the smells of cinnamon, ginger etc.. or I just had a lot of energy since my return from Rehabilitation centre in Goldegg a few weeks ago. I don't know. And it isn't important to find the reasons, I think.

I always wanted to use "dinkel wheat" (spelt) for baking cause I've heard that it is healty. I was searching on net and found some recipes. But the recipe below is my own variation and I hope you will like the cookies as much as I do.

You need:

250 g dinkel-wheat

50 g ground almond

125 g butter (room temperature)

100 g cane sugar

1 whole egg

1 yolk

1 tbs cocoa powder

a pinch of cinnamon powder, salt and baking powder

orange marmalade

for garnish: icing sugar or white chocolate

Method:

Beat the butter and sugar until pfluffy, add eggs, continue beating. Mix dinkel-wheat, cocoa, almond and all other ingredients except marmalade. Put this mixture into egg-butter. Knead the dough, round it and wrap with plastic foil, resting it for about 30 minutes.

Roll the dough and form it using cookies cutter (for example a star or other form). Bake for about 15 minutes (160°C). Cool them down. Take one cookie, put a little bit orange marmalade and take another cookie, stick them together. Make with the rest of the cookies. If finish you can garnish them with icing sugar or white chocolate. Store them in air-tight container.

And I wish u all the happines of this wonderful time of the year. And stay healthy, guys! :-)

An "adventurous" year 2012

I've been absent for a while in blogging, the last post was in February this year and now is already December.. wow.. time flies.

At the end of february I got the diagnose breast cancer! Very unexpected, anyway who expect an illness?? Nobody..So, this year was a struggle against this disease, a very long fight!! Beginning with chemotherapies (6x), after that, the surgery and the last therapy was radiotherapy (25x) ended in october. Everything worked well.

Thanks God!!

Now I'm enjoying the recovery process from all the therapies and their side effects in very lovely beautiful village named Goldegg, around 70 km from Salzburg. I'm doing a lot of walk, being spoiled with very good and healthy cuisine, of course :-) and have some new friends..   This is the 3rd week, my last week in Goldegg and since Goldegg is located more than 800 m above the sea level, falling a lot of snow here.. After the last two weeks we had beautiful autumn days, I'm so happy to see snow falling before my departure on saturday..

"my home for 3 weeks"

my fav acitivity during the stay:
walking and enjoying the scenery with friends

the view of Goldegg and its surrounding in November

"one late afternoon; Goldegg and its lake"

"Dec 3rd 2012: the view during my walk, alone"

I hope u can enjoy the pictures and I can write often in the future..

Choco Chip Cookies

To be honest I'm not a cookies eater, but probably you are wondering why I posted quite a lot of cookies recipes. The answers are just simple, I love baking and trying new recipes but most of all is just a Love to my hubby who is cookies lover..:-) And I bet he is not alone..

I tried this recipe and I think I turned to be a little bit cookies lover..:-) These cookies are so crispy and the taste is so good (not too sweet). I recommend you to try it out.

source: The Chocolate Lovers' Cookbook

Ingredients:

1/4 lb (110 g) butter
1/4 cup (60 ml) sugar1/2 cup (125 ml) brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup (250 ml) all-purpose flour
1 cup (250 ml) self-raising flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
grated rind of 1 orange ( I didn't use it)
3/4 (185 ml) choco chips or chocolate drops
1/2 cup (125 ml) chopped walnuts
 

Method:

1. Preheat oven 190°C.
2. Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat thoroughly.
3. Sift flour, salt and baking soda into mixture and beat. Stir orange rind, choco chips/drops and nuts.
4. Grease baking sheet.
5. Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls, place on baking sheet and press with a fork. Bake for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Cool and serve.