Romantisches Essen

I've been meaning to post these recipes for a while. Sorry it took so long, Leisy!

Brownie Tarts

Ingredients

1 chocolate fudge cake mix

1 stick of butter, melted (or equivalent of vegetable oil)

1 egg

1 package of chocolate pudding mix

1 tub cool whip (a big one)

1 tub raspberries or strawberries or, oooh! both!



Preheat oven to 325*. Mix cake mix, blended egg, and butter/vegetable oil. Should be about the consistency og cookie dough. Drop spoonfuls into mini muffin tin, and bake for 10-12 minutes. As soon as they come out, make small indentations in the muffins with a coke lid or something. I used a whipped cream lid. They should look like little pie crusts. Allow them to cool. Mix the pudding mix and cool whip together, and put into a pastry bag, if you have one. I used a ziploc bag with a small corner snipped off. Pipe the mixture into the cooled crusts, and place a raspberry or a slice of strawberry or, oooh! both! on top. Serve chilled.

I'm currently experimenting with different flavors of pudding and cake mixes. I'll post some pictures if they work out.



Coconut Macaroons

Ingredients

1 package sweetened dried grated coconut

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 large egg whites

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

4 tbsp vegetable oil



Preheat the oven to 325*. Mix the coconut, milk, vanilla until moistened. Beat the egg whites and salt until they hold stiff peaks. Fold gently into coconut mixture. Drop by spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet and bake 25-30 minutes. Allow to cool.

In a double-boiler, melt the chocolate chips and vegetable oil. The oil makes the chocolate smoother and helps it set up better. Dip the macaroons halfway into the chocolate mixture and place on greased tin foil to harden.

I'm experimenting with caramel coconut macaroons. Stay tuned.



Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Ingredients

1 tub of strawberries

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

4 tbsp vegetable oil



Wash and dry strawberries. I alway cut the tops off, too, but only because I hate the tops of strawberries. They look prettier if they have leaves still, though. Make sure they are good and refridgerated, because the chocolate sets up better if the strawberries are chilled.

In a double-boiler, melt the chocolate chips and vegetable oil. Dip the strawberries into the chocolate, and place on greased tin foil and allow to set up. May take a few hours, so go do something fun!



If any of you try these recipes, let me know how it goes, and if you come up with a better way to do them I want to hear about it!