Delicious Chocolate Puff Pastry Croissants!

Posted on Jun 5, 2010 07:56:28 PM

OK. This recipe gives me out completely. I watched “It’s Complicated” yesterday with my husband and mother-in-law, and I couldn’t get those delicious croissants filled with chocolate out of my mind. We looked up the recipe and found this incredibly easy one from Recipezaar. The results?

Ingredients:

2 puff pastry sheets, thawed (use one 17-ounce box)
1-1 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons hot water (more or less as needed)
confectioners’ sugar, for sprinkling

Directions:

1- Set oven to 350°F.

2- Grease 2 baking sheets.

3- Unfold one sheet of puff pastry onto a lightly floured surface, then roll out to make a 10-inch square.

4- Cut into  even triangles.

5- Place 2-3 tablespoons milk chocolate baking chips in the center of each triangle (as shown in picture).

6- Brush the edges lightly with the beaten egg.

7- Roll each  triangle, pressing the edges to seal like this:

8- Place on the baking sheets 2-inches.

9- Bake for about 15-17 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.

10- Cool on baking sheets for about 3 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

11- In a small microwave-safe bowl melt the 2 ounces semisweet chocolate with 2 tablespoons butter on HIGH for about 25-30 seconds, stirring once and until smooth.
Before:

13- Stir/whisk in the confectioners’ sugar until combined.
14- Add in water until the icing is smooth and desired consistency for drizzling is achieved.
After:

15- Drizzle over the pastries.

Enjoy! The Nutrition Facts are available on Recipezaar.

Easy Cheesy Turnovers!

Posted on Jun 4, 2010 05:30:31 PM

Hello! Welcome to my Cooking Friday. Today I baked, which probably means the end of the world is near. Nevertheless, for you quesito lovers, here is a super easy cheesy recipe.

Things you’ll need:

1/2 Cup of Sugar.
8 oz. of Cream Cheese.
Vanilla Extract (a few drops)
1 Lime (a few drops too…)
1 Egg
1 Pastry Dough Sheet (hojaldre in Spanish)
Honey Glaze (as much as you want!)
A Pizza Cutter

Step 1:
Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

Step 2:
Cut pastry dough sheet (must be at room temperature) in nearly perfect squares.

Step 3:
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, lime, vanilla and sugar until everything is silky smooth.

Step 4:
Stretch every other corner of each square as shown in picture:

Step 5:
Place a spoonful or forkful of filling in the center of each square. You can add other fillings too like Guava or Strawberry.

Step 6:
Brush a small amount of egg (you can mix it with a little water) in the two stretched tips of each square. After placing the filling in the center, wrap each corner to look like this:

…and brush a little egg on top of each pre-baked quesito.

Step 7:

Bake! Stare at your oven’s door like an idiot until the turnovers are golden. I did it!

Step 8:

Drip a delicious amount of Honey Glaze on top of each quesiiiiiito!

Step 9:

Pig out! ^_^ As we say in Puerto Rico: Buen proveho y a lechonear se ha dicho!