🧁Delightful Desserts🧁

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Table of Contents:

• Brownies 🍫
• Tiramisu Cheesecake 🍰
• Apple Pie 🥧
• Chocolate Chip Cookies 🍪

Brownies:

Procedures

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line an 8-inch (20 cm) square baking dish with parchment paper.
2. Chop the chocolate into chunks. Melt half of the chocolate in the microwave in 20-second intervals, saving the other half for later.
3. In a large bowl, mix the butter and sugar with an electric hand mixer, then beat in the eggs and vanilla for 1-2 minutes, until the mixture becomes fluffy and light in color.
4. Whisk in the melted chocolate (make sure it's not too hot or else the eggs will cook), then sift in the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Fold to incorporate the dry ingredients, being careful not to overmix as this will cause the brownies to be more cake-like in texture.
5. Fold in the chocolate chunks, then transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, depending on how fudgy you like your brownies, then cool completely.
7. Slice, then serve with a nice cold glass of milk!
8. Enjoy!

Tiramisu Cheesecake:

Procedures:

1. Dip the ladyfingers in coffee.
2. In two spring form pans lined with parchment paper, layer the coffee-dipped lady fingers in a single layer.
3. Freeze until ladyfingers are frozen.
4. In a bowl, add the cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, and vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
5. Add the milk, sugar, and gelatin to a bowl and whisk until the gelatin has dissolved.
6. Pour the milk mixture through a sieve into the bowl of cream cheese.
7. Pour 1 cup of cheesecake batter into a springform pan. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
8. Add one layer of frozen ladyfingers on top of the refrigerated cheesecake layer.
9. Add another cup of cheesecake batter on top. Refrigerate for two hours, and repeat with remaining batter and ladyfinger layer.
10. Refrigerate for two hours or until firm.
11. Dust the top with cocoa powder.
12. Enjoy!

Apple Pie:

Procedures:

1. In a medium-sized bowl, add the flour and salt. Mix with fork until combined.
2. Add in cubed butter and break up into flour with a fork. Mixture will still have lumps about the size of small peas.
3. Gradually add the ice water and continue to mix until the dough starts to come together. You may not need all of the water, but if the dough is too dry then add more. The dough should not be very tacky or sticky.
4. Work the dough together with your hands and turn out onto a surface. Work into a ball and cover with cling wrap. Refrigerate.
5. Peel the apples, then core and slice.
6. In a bowl, add the sliced apples, sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and juice from the lemon.
7. Mix until combined and all apples are coated. Refrigerate.
8. Preheat the oven to 375°F (200°C).
9. On a floured surface, cut the pie dough in half and roll out both halves until round and about ⅛-inch (3 mm) thick.
10. Roll the dough around the rolling pin and unroll onto a pie dish making sure the dough reaches all edges. Trim extra if necessary.
11. Pour in apple filling mixture and pat down.
12. Roll the other half of the dough on top.
13. Trim the extra dough from the edges and pinch the edges to create a crimp. Make sure edges are sealed together.
14. Brush the pie with the beaten egg and sprinkle with the sugar.
15. Cut four slits in the top of the pie to create a vent.
16. Bake pie for 50-60 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and no greyish or undercooked pastry remains.
17. Allow to cool completely before slicing.
18. Top with ice cream and serve.
19. Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Procedures:

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugars, salt, and butter until a paste forms with no lumps.
2. Whisk in the egg and vanilla, beating until light ribbons fall off the whisk and remain for a short while before falling back into the mixture.
3. Sift in the flour and baking soda, then fold the mixture with a spatula (Be careful not to overmix, which would cause the gluten in the flour to toughen resulting in cakier cookies).
4. Fold in the chocolate chunks, then chill the dough for at least 30 minutes. For a more intense toffee-like flavor and deeper color, chill the dough overnight. The longer the dough rests, the more complex its flavor will be.
5. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
6. Scoop the dough with an ice-cream scoop onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, leaving at least 4 inches (10 cm) of space between cookies and 2 inches (5 cm) of space from the edges of the pan so that the cookies can spread evenly.
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the edges have started to barely brown.
8. Cool completely before serving.
9. Enjoy!

{By Olga Roussos and Pranathi Gorty}