Thursday 26 June 2014

No One Has Seen God






You: "Where were you at midnight yesterday?",
Me: "I was at the supermarket."
You: " What???"
Me: "I was at the supermarket to buy all purpose flour."
You: "You went to the supermarket during midnight to buy flour?"
Me: "Yes, it was urgent, I wanted to bake Crisp Chocolate Bites."
You: "You can't wait till morning? You have insomnia?"
Me: "No. It is cooler to bake at night. You see, I have already melted the butter and chocolate, sifted the  cocoa powder, and then I discovered I have a quarter cup of flour left, so I need the extra flour urgently."
You: "Can't you use those cake flour, bread flour, whatever flour you have?"
Me: "Nope. Must be plain flour."
You:"What time did you finish baking then? It must have been very late."
Me:  "The 24hr supermarket is nearby, It was quarter past midnight when I reached home. By half past midnight, the batter was mixed and chilled for baking later in the day. The washing was also done."






You: "Cool! That was fast and easy! Taste?"
Me: "Delicious! Crisp and chocolatey. I can hear the crunch sound. I couldn't stop at one, two...I was chomping away. I have some left. Try, it is still as crunchy."






Crisp Chocolate Bites
Williams Sonoma



Ingredients

3/4 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces (85g salted)
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped, 56g Hershey unsweetened
1 cup granulated sugar, below 1 cup level
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch Process cocoa powder, Hershey unsweetened dark cocoa
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar


Method


  • In a small saucepan over very low heat, combine the butter and chocolate. Cook, stirring occasionally, just until they are melted and the mixture is smooth.
  • Pour the chocolate mixture into a large bowl and let cool slightly. Stir in the granulated  sugar until evenly moistened. Add the egg and vanilla, beating until light and fluffy.
  • Over a sheet of waxed paper, sift together the flour,cocoa,baking soda and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
  • Preheat an oven to 375F(200C). Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
  • Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator. Shape the dough into 34 inch balls(10g-12g) and roll in confectioners' sugar to coat completely. Place the balls about 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared pans. Bake the cookies until puffed and cracked on top, about 12 minutes. They may appear under done in the center but will turn crisp as they cool. Let cool on the pans for 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Makes about 42 cookies. (50+ cookies)











This post is linked to Bake Along hosted by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Joyce from Kitchen Flavours and Lena from Her Frozen Wings.



















I love the musical Les Misrables. It has strong Christian values with themes of grace, mercy and redemption. 
There is one line in the epilogue which says "To Love another person is to see the face of God".

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:12





11 comments:

  1. Wonderful post. Thank you so much for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hi Lian,
    Haha! You made me smile, big smile!
    Hooray for 24hour supermarket! Your cookies looks wonderful, all of them crispy? Some of mine are, and some not, as mine was much bigger, next time I'll make them smaller. You are right, these cookies are awesome!
    Thanks for baking along with us!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Joyce, They were all crispy and yeah, thank God for the convenience of 24 hr supermarket nearby.This was not the first time I ran out in the middle of the night to get ingredients .lol..

      Delete
  3. i;m laughing when the person asking if you have insomnia? haha...actually you are right..i see some people prefer to bake at night cos it;s cooler and also less disturbance. luckily you were only making cookies and not making mooncakes..otherwise all the knocking sound will sure wake up your neighbours too. Nice to know that the cookies turned out very good for you and thx again for baking these cookies with us!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Lena, many times I have to close all kitchen windows and doors to mix batter. Instead of being cooler to bake at night, it became hotter for me. haha...

      Delete
  4. Hi Lian, very interesting Crisp Chocolate Bites. Very tempting and addictive too. Thanks for sharing and you have a great weekend :) Regards.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yes, they are. Not good for this hot weather.

      Delete
  5. Hi Lian. I must really try out this cookies.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yes Amy,they are fast and easy to do. Good with coffee.

      Delete
  6. Hi Lian,

    Just curious... who is you??? hee hee...

    Buying flour at midnight??? What time you finish baking these? Are you having these for supper and breakfast??? crunch crunch munch munch... hee hee...

    Zoe

    ReplyDelete

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...