Peanut-butter Chocolate Chip

Notes:

These are really dangerous cookies because they just taste so good and they tend to be full of fat and sugar. Given that Avon is on a healthy eating diet. I thought I might try my best to make these cookies taste good but with less sugar and flour and more honey and oats (SOOO GOOD FOR YOU J). Here is the Kanya remix!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
  
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
  
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
  
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tablespoon Honey
  
• 1 Tablespoon Syrup
• 2 tablespoons water
  
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1cup oats
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
  
• Melted chocolate or a mix of 3tb spoon cocoa and icing sugar (to sweeten) Optional

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
   
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the corn syrup, water, and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture.
   
3. Use the melted chocolate or cocoa mixture to marble the cookie dough (optional)
   
4. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
5. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are golden. Allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheet before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

After thought:

I might put in even less sugar especially if you put in the melted chocolate swirl. They are nice and chewy but I find that they

are very sweet. But I guess not too sweet for my cookie monster!

Baked Orange Cheesecake

Notes:
This is a very delicious cheese cake which is also very easy to make (if you think whisking eggs is easy). It is originally from the book the Best of South African Cooking. Which is a highly recommended cook book to purchase.

Crust:

• 250ml sweet biscuit crumbs
• 75ml melted butter
• 5ml honey

Filling:

• 250g smooth cottage cheese
• 2 eggs, separated
• 100 ml castor sugar
• 5 ml vanilla
• 10ml cornflour
• 125ml cream
• 2ml finely grated orange rind

Topping:

• 200ml sour cream
• 2ml vanilla
• 10 ml light brown sugar
• 2ml finely grated orange rind
• Ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Mix ingredients for crust. Press onto base of greased 20cm pie dish with fairly high sides. Bake at 160 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes, then cool
2. For the filling, beat together all the ingredients, except the egg whites, until smooth. Whisk egg whites, fold in, then pour onto crust. Place dish on a baking sheet and bake for 40 min or until just set.
3. Mix ingredients for topping, except cinnamon, pour evenly over cheesecake and dust lightly with cinnamon. Bake for another 10 min, then open the oven door and leave until cold.
4. Serves 8