Christmas treats

Beautiful day my people!:) A day until Christmas & i'm pretty excited. Past 2 week was so Jam-packed for me.Visiting friends&family giving them my diy-edible gift bags has gotten me so much mre excited;). Yes now you know what's this blog about..some yummy easy treats for Christmas. You can make this all year around but since it's Christmas we are making them extra sweeeet:D
If your following me on Instagram you must have see all those yummy treats I've been posting on my insta stories. Wait no longer I'm about to bring you these easyyy masterpieces. I totally made about 7 treats but I'll be posting the recipes for 3 of them on today's blog as these are the easy ones and some requires no baking at all,the rest i'll post them later. You can make these a day before Christmas or even on Christmas day. I'm sorry about the last minute post..as i had so much to do this week,had to run errands and shop for stuffs I was legit bundled up.
Anyways lets move on shhuuuusssh...!

Chocolate sauce:
This will be a common ingredient for many of the dishes,so you can prepare it beforehand and keep it ready.
Ingredients:

1. Chocolate chips black/white.(2 cups)
2. Fresh cream(1/2 cup)
3. Butter (1 tbsp)

Method:
Heat the fresh cream in a pan until it boils. Keep the chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl and pour this hot cream and allow it to sit for 3 mins. Now mix the mixture,add a tsp of butter.Butter gives shine to the sauce. Mix well and the sauce is ready for use.

Caramel sauce:
Ingredients:

1. White sugar/brown sugar(2 cups)
2. Water(1/4 cup)
3. Butter(1 cup)
4. Fresh cream(1/2 cup)
5. Pinch of salt

Method:
Be very careful when your doing this,as hot sugar can burn real bad.Add 1cup of butter to a hot pan and when it has melted add 2 cups of sugar and let the mixture boil away,use a wooden spoon to mix.Add quater cup of water and keep stirring well. Once the sugar has completely dissolved,remove the pan from the stove and add 1 cup cream and a pinch of salt to it n keep stirring until it's completely mixed.Sauce is ready. You can even store it in the fridge for later use.

Butter-Cream Frosting:

Ingredients:

1. Icing/Confectionery Sugar.(4 cups)
2. Butter(1/2 cup)
3. Vanilla essence(1 tsp)
4. Milk(2 tsp)

Method:

Add the softened butter to a mixing bowl then the icing sugar in parts with the vanilla essence and mix it until its creamy in consistency.To thin out the mixture you can add in few drops of milk,if u want a nice thick mixture add more icing sugar.

Can be stored in the fridge,when u wanna use it again heat for 10-20secs and it's ready.

1.No-Bake Turtle Truffle Balls:
Ingredients:

1. Cream cheese(Britannia)
2. Plain vanilla/Marie biscuits(3 10rs packs)
3. Caramel sauce (1/2 cup)
4. Chopped dried nuts
5. Chocolate sauce

Method:

• Add in your soften cream cheese(180g) to a glass bow and mix well.
• Crush your plain biscuits or use a food processor to break them down. Don't crush them to a complete powder form,chucky bits are good for further moulding
• Add the crushed biscuits into the cream cheese filling and pour in half a cup of caramel sauce and mix it.The consistency of this batter should  be a crumbly mixture.
• Then form these into tight medium size balls.
• Keep the chocolate sauce ready,dip these balls into the chocolate sauce using a fork to handle and tap away excess sauce.
• Sprinkle some chopped dried nuts on top and allow it to chill for 2hrz.

2.Cracker chocolate toffe:

Ingredients:

1. Plain crackers(nutrichoice)
2. Caramel sauce(1/2 cup)
3. Chocolate sauce(1/2 cup)
4. Sprinkles of your choice
5. Square Baking pan

Method:

• Place the plain crackers in your pan.I used a 20*20*5cm baking pan.You can use any size but square shape is recommended.
• Pour over caramel sauce covering the crackers completely.
• Set it in the grill at 230°c for 5mins.
• After taking it out,pour out chocolate sauce all over and apply sprinkles/nuts of your choice. You can both nuts&sprinkles as well. Did a mixture of crushed gems with dried crushed walnuts&almonds.
• Set in the refrigerator for an hour and your ready to dig in.

3.Jam centred butter cookie:
These are those traditional childhood cookies.I used to love and still do.This is an easier version and some much more good as it can done in your own comfort zone.
Ingredients:

1. Softened butter (1 cup)
2. All purpose flour (2 cups)
3. Sugar (1 cup)
4. Jam of your choice 
5. Vanilla extract 
6. Pinch of salt 
7. Butter-cream frosting

Method:

• Mix the butter &sugar together well.
• Add the flour in parts and mix it till the mixture turns crumbly.
• You can double the recipe,if it's 2cups sugar then it's 4cups flour and 2cups sugar.
• Make it into small balls and place them in the baking pan.
• Once they are all set,use your thumb to make a dent in the center for the jam to sit.
• Now use a spoon to place the jam in the center. I used strawberry jam.
• Set it in the oven at 230°c for 8-10 mins keep checking after 8mins,use a fork to check if the dough is cooked or not.It doesn't have to be completely hardened u can take it before a min or 2 as the heat will cook completely after you remove out of the oven.
• Dont worry if the jam has burnt the bottom of your cookie,you can easily scrap it of with your fingernails:D.
• The last step drizzle some butter cream icing on top.

Merry Christmas&Happy baking!!

For unto us a Savior is born,pure&holy.He shall reign over and we will be His Heirs.Having dominion over the satan and all things on earth & He'll be our King!

Until next time..adios amigos

Shielded in His love

-Sheba:)