P was in a 5-day camp this week and it made me want to bake some for him when he gets home. On my baking list are:
- Brownies
- Oatmeal Cookie
- Bagel
- Empanada
- Pandesal
- Baguette
Aug. 5 (Mon) Had a sudden urge to eat empanada coz I had to use up the tomatoes in the freezer. I was planning on making beef and potato filling with cilantro but ended up with the meatless one. It turned out to be dry. And out of the 9 pieces, three looked like an oyster Empanada. The shell did taste good and it was a fun thing to make and knead it starting from grating the frozen shortening.
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| The filling: cilantro-laden taste. Love it. |
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| Oyster Empanada :D |
Aug. 5 (Fri) Tried out Brownies and Banapple Cookies today.
The banapple cookies were supposed to be just banana and oatmeal but I found out that my frozen bananas were not enough and I have a bag of green apples instead. I hurriedly tried to make some sort of apple sauce to make a good ratio between 1 C of oats and barely 1 C of bananas. I chopped to small apples which was almost 2 C. After boiling it with 1 C water, sugar and cinnamon powder, the final output was barely a cup. I baked it at the same time with the brownies in a small disposable aluminum pan.
First 10 minutes: 220 C
10-15 minutes: 150 C, then I took it out of the oven and let it cool.
The brownies stayed inside for another 5 minutes or so until the timer rang off. Since it doesn't seem to be totally done, I just left it there until it cooled a bit even after I already did the insert test.
It turned out to be a bit gooey, not very cake-like and not very dry either. I would have preferred the drier one at another time but I went for this one this time. It was alright, just a bit sweet. I decided to go for this recipe since it is pretty simple. I did some tweaking but it turned out okay fortunately.
3/4 cup unbleached flour
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 egg whites, well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or try mint!)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional. Keep in mind that adding nuts will not keep this low in fat!)
- Combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, and salt, if desired, and stir to mix well. Stir in the applesauce, egg whites, and vanilla extract. Fold in the nuts, if desired.
- Coat an 8-inch square pan with nonstick cooking spray. Spread the batter evenly in the pan and bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 23-25 minutes, or just until the edges are firm and the center is almost set.
- Cool, cut into squares, and serve!
* I used less cocoa powder, canola oil instead of the applesauce, 2 whole eggs, cashew nuts and no vanilla. Now that I write this down, I realized that I made a lot of changes it seems.
The gooey cookies were inspired from this website, theburlapbag.com which has a two-ingredient cookie (banana and oats) and these other remedies on the fly to add apples: apple pie oatmeal cookies from amyshealthybaking.com and bananaapple from whitelaceinn.com.
Apple Sauce (from food.com)
4 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped
4 Red Delicious apples, peeled, cored and chopped
1 cup water
1⁄2 cup brown sugar
1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
Put water and apples in pot.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to low. Simmer approx 25 minutes, or until soft -- stirring occasinally.
Slightly mash apples. Add sugar, cinnamon and all spice.
Mix well, and let simmer about 5 more minutes.
If you want a smoother texture sauce, pour into a blender, and Puree until desired texture.
I still got enough apples for my next project: apple pie
Inspired from a local fb group post which I'd like to try one of these days.
Rustic Apple Tart (FB group)
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