DIY: Cookie Monster Cupcakes!

Hello friends! Maddyandme is now back with an awesome DIY.

Have a kid's birthday party coming up? Or have a sweet tooth and just want to have fun in the kitchen by creating something delicious? This DIY is perfect for you, Cookie Monster Cupcakes. 

INSPIRATION: Thanks to my photographer savvy, yummy mummy, cousin Jean! (Follow her on Instagram or Twitter, for awesome children, food, fitness and photographer tips.) 
She had tagged me in a photo through Instagram, of these adorable Sesame Street Character Cupcakes. I was keen and couldn't help but figure out how to make these adorable, yummy treats. My nephews birthday was coming up so it seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to record it for you fellow DIYers.

VERDICT: It was definitely a success for my nephews birthday! Even my husband (who isn't much of a sweet tooth) had to have a taste. 

What You Will Need:

• Cupcakes / muffins
• White Chocolate Drops
• Mini Choc Chip Cookies
• Choc Chip Pieces
• 200g Butter
• 1 1/4 Cups of Pure Icing Sugar
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
• 1 Teaspoon Blue Food Colouring
• 1 Freeze Bag. 

Step One
In your mixer, combine your Pure Icing Sugar, Butter and Vanilla Essence. 

Step Two
Once fully combined, mix in your Blue Food Colouring.

Step Three
Using a tooth pick dab a little bit of the the blue icing onto your white chocolate drops. 

Step Four
Now stick on your choc chip pieces, you have now made your cookie monster eyes!

Step Five
Put all the blue icing into your freezer bag, make sure to push it all to one of the bottom corners and tie a knot for closure - as indicated in the picture. 

Step Six
Using a skewer or tooth pick, stab small random holes around the bottom corner - as indicated in the picture. 

Step Seven
Now squeeze your icing around the top of the muffin/cupcake. It should look similar to the picture. 

Step Eight
Place your googly eyes at the top of the cupcake.

Step Nine
And place that mini choc chip cookie as a mouth, (after all, what is cookie monster without his cookie?)

Ta-da! A treat that all can enjoy!

COOOOOOKKKIIIIEEEE!! NOM-NOM-NOM!!

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Recipe: The Worlds Best Choc-Chip Cookies.

Like cookies with a chewy center that melts in your mouth? Then this recipe is for you! 
I actually found this recipe on YouTube, and out of all the choc-chip cookie recipe's I've tried, this hands down has got to be the best one. 
I love making these cookies as a thank you gift, or for when I feel like a good treat. 

Ingredients: 

• 2.5 cups of flour
• 1.5 cups of white sugar
• 1.5 cups of choc-chips
• 1 cup of butter - room temperature
• 2 eggs - room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Step One
Preheat your oven to 180* on a fan forced oven. 
In a bowl combine your Flour, Baking Soda & Salt. 

Step Two
Beat your Butter & Sugar together. Make sure not to over mix, just mix enough so that the two ingredients are combined. 

Step Three
Put your mixer on low and add in your Eggs and Vanilla Essence. 

Step Four
Making sure not to over mix, gradually mix in your dry ingredients.

Step Five
Add in your choc-chips, for this step you can just use your hands to mix. 

Step Six
On your lined baking tray, roll your cookie dough into a ball, making sure they are all a similar size. 
TIP: So that the dough doesn't stick to your hands, wet your hands before rolling your cookie dough. 

Step Seven
Put them in the oven for 9-12 minutes (depending on your oven). Keep an eye on them. 
If you want the chewy textured cookies (yum), make sure that the cookies are a bit undercooked. 

Step Eight
Allow them to sit on the baking tray for a few minutes and then transfer them to a cooling rack. 

Pigging Out!

Delicious with a glass of Milk.

 

What better Thank You gift than delicious homemade cookies?

 

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Recipe: Pizza Muffins

A simple and easy recipe for Pizza Muffins. This fool proof recipe is always a hit with my family, it tastes good and hey why not get the kids involved too? They do say picky eaters tend to eat what they've participated in cooking in and what kid doesn't like pizza? - especially when their bite sized!

 

Ingredients:

(The Toppings are entirely up to you, this is what I had used to get rid of a few ingredients in our fridge).

• Toppings: Cooked slices of sausages
• Toppings: Capsicum
• Toppings: Tomatoes
• Muffin Bread - Cut in half
• Grated Cheese
• Tomato Paste

Step One
Preheat the oven on low heat. 
Put an adequate layer of Tomato Paste as a base on your Pizza Muffin Halves. 

Step Two
Start adding your chosen Toppings and Top it off with Grated Cheese. 
Allow the kids to have fun with this one, let them create their own pizza - they'll be so excited to eat it up!

Step Three
Place the Pizza Muffins in the oven and allow to bake until cheese has melted (roughly 15 minutes).

Yummy yummy goodness! 
Trust me this ones a winner, perfect for catering or spending some time with the family. Enjoy!

Munching.

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All that left over Chicken?! Recipe : Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls

The entree we always order at Pho Pasteur and wish it was served the size of a main course meal - Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls. 
One of the many perks of being married to a Vietnamese/Chinese man, is that you pick up and learn a lot of their delicious dishes! This is an easy recipe for Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls.
On the days that Tony and I don't feel like cooking, and we're sick of getting Mc Donalds Drive Thru, we usually stop over at Woolworthes and get their Roasted Chicken and Lebanese Bread (best meal ever!) - but we always have left over chicken! 
This is what I usually whip up to finish off our chicken for the next day.

Ingredients:

• Rice Paper (You can buy from most Asian grocers, or Woolworthes & Coles)
• Lettuce
• Left Over Chicken (that you've shredded)
• Grated Carrots
• Cooked Vermicelli Noodles (from most Asian Grocers, Woolworthes & Coles)
• A large bowl of boiling water

 
You can add other ingredients to put in the roll such as; sliced cucumber, prawns, mint leaves, etc etc. These are just things from the fridge that I wanted to finish off. 

Step One
After quickly dipping your Rice Paper into the bowl of boiling water, lay a piece of lettuce on top.

Step Two
Put a little bit of your Vermicelli Noodle on the middle of the Lettuce.

Step Three
Place some Grated Carrots, Chicken, and any other fillings you had in mind on top.

Step Four
Now to start rolling. 
Get the left side of the Rice Paper and roll it to the right side of the filling, indicated in the picture.

Step Five
Fold the bottom of the Rice Paper up towards the middle of the filling. 

Step Six
Fold the top of the Rice Paper down. 

Step Seven
Making sure you do it tightly (so that all the filling doesn't fall out), fold the rest of the roll towards the right.

And there you have it, a Vietnamese Rice Paper Roll!

Serve it with Vietnamese Fish Sauce (1/4 Fish sauce, 1/4 boiling water and 1/2 sugar), Peanut Hoisin Sauce (which you can buy from any Asian store) or what I've recently discovered that tastes awesome is "Mang Tomas - All Purpose Sauce". 

Serving Suggestion: Peanut Hoisin Sauce

I also want to give a TIP, because Rice Paper is very sticky, if you are making a few of these rolls separate them with pieces of lettuce so they don't stick together. 

I hope you all enjoyed this easy and delicious recipe and give it a try at home.
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My mums recipe - Homemade Sausage Rolls

From growing up until now my mum's sausage rolls have always been a big hit. We always found that eating one sausage roll was never enough, one sausage roll turned into 4... 5... 6! With my mums permission we decided to post the delicious recipe up on my blog. 
I hope you all enjoy my mothers recipe as much as I love eating it!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo Beef Mince; You can use any minced meat you'd like.
• Carrots; Cut into 1inch pieces
• Coriander
• Onion; Diced 
• 3 Eggs
• Grated Cheese
• Puff Pastry
• Food Processor 

 Directions:

 Step One

Preheat oven on high.
In the food processor put in your Carrots, Coriander and Diced Onions. 
Process the three ingredients, make sure everything is diced and combined well, the last thing you want is to bite into your sausage roll and eat a chunk of Onion. 




 

 Step Two

In a large bowl combine your Mince, processed Vegies, two of your Eggs, your Grated Cheese and if you'd like Salt & Pepper. 
Mix together with your hands wearing a clean glove. 

 

  Step Three

Now it is time for rolling; Cut your Puff Pastry in half. 
Line your filling onto the middle of the pastry; make sure you don't put too much filling - you still want to be able to close the roll. 
Fold the bottom of the pastry over the filling and repeat by folding the top of the pastry down. Press down lightly to secure the foldings. 

 

  

Step Four

With a sharp knife cut your roll into three equal lengths.
Place rolls onto a non-stick sprayed tray; make sure you have the folded ends facing down to prevent your roll from coming undone in the oven. 

Step Five

Whisk your last egg and brush a layer over your uncooked rolls. 
Place in oven and turn the temperature down to medium heat. 
Allow to cook until pastry is golden brown. 

  Congratulations!

You have now made a crowd pleaser. Enjoy with a sauce of your choice. 
Feel free to be creative with my mothers recipe by adding peas or other vegetables of your choice. 
I hope you have all enjoyed this recipe :)