Baking Journey: Chewy brownie cookie

Was on 2 days MC last week because of intense and persistent headache. Felt slightly better on the second day of the MC and was craving for something chocolatey, and hence decided to do some baking. 

This recipe was relatively easy; easy to prepare and easy to clean up. And most importantly it was so delicious I couldn't stop myself from going into the kitchen to take another cookie!

I've always been a chewy-cookie lover rather than a crispy-cookie lover. I prefer my Mrs Fields to Famous Amos, but too bad all Mrs Fields outlet in Singapore has closed down. Major sigh. 

So, this recipe was the perfect recipe for me because it was chewy, and it was more brownie-ish than cookie-ish! Look at the crinkly part on the top of the cookies. 

Trust me, you can't stop at just one!

Ingredients

1. 175g of 70% dark chocolate 

2. 50g of unsalted butter

3. 2 eggs

4.180g of caster sugar 

5. 1 tsp of vanilla extract

6.50g of plain flour 

7. 1/4 tsp of baking powder

8.A pinch of salt

Method

Place the dark chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl. Double boil the dark chocolate and butter.  Let the chocolate and butter melt, stirring the mixture occasionally. Once the chocolate and butter has melted, remove the bowl and let it cool to lukewarm. Take note that the melted chocolate-butter mixture should not be too hot, otherwise it may cook the egg mixture.

Place the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in a separate bowl. Beat the egg-sugar mixture on low speed for 1 minute, then increase the speed to high and continue beating for another 4 minutes, until the mixture is thick and pale in colour.

Lower the speed to low and add in the melted chocolate-butter mixture and mix.

Sift in the flour, baking powder and pinch of salt directly into the batter and fold in gently. The batter will be watery. Place the bowl of cookie batter aside in a cool place for 10 to 15 minutes. The batter will thicken slightly.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line baking sheets with baking paper.

Scoop a tablespoonful of the batter and drop it gently on the baking sheet. 

Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes until the top of the cookies are wrinkly. 

Pregnancy Journey: Week 25

Oh man! Backlogged already. Am already at my 27th week as I am typing this!

Am also looking at #caibaobao's movements as I am typing. Just drank a mouthful of cold water, think he's being stimulated!

Week 25 was kinda exciting because it was also my appointment with the gynae! Shall talk about that later!

So at Week 25, I was still full of energy and has been obsessed about baking. Every waking moment, I think about baking macarons! Haha.

Week 25 was also the week where my husband started to say that I resemble a hippopotamus. I think my waist is getting thicker, even though I don't look like I've gained a lot of weight from my physical appearance. Have gained about 10kgs now! Yes, it's pretty scary but I really can't control my food intake!

Kicks have been getting very intense as well. No longer just kicks, but can totally feel the movements of caibaobao. At times, can feel his bony parts jutting out, but I still can't tell which is which body parts though. Caibaobao is especially active at nights and sometimes I would be woken up by his movements in the middle of the night. 

At Week 25, my bump has started to get more obvious and people have been volunteering their seats for me in trains and buses, which is good because sometimes I really really need those seats!

There was once during peak hour, nobody gave up their seats for me and all pretended to look at their phones. This kind woman actually came up to me and asked me if I needed a seat, and then proceeded to ask another woman who was sitting at the priority seat to give up her seat for me. 

Such a kind woman exist! Totally grateful towards her!

Hehe, okay here comes the exciting part!

We scheduled our gynae appointment on 16 September which was also the 25th Week.

While doing the routine scan, Dr mentioned that if we wanted to do the 3D scan to see baby's face, we could do it today as the baby was in a good position, facing him!

Of course, the anxious parents jumped on this opportunity and told him that we wanted to do it, though it was an additional $60!

And we finally managed to see our son!!!!! Exciting much!

So here's the first picture of our son!

I really think he looked like me, though some friends said that he looked more like the husband!

My baby is such a cutie pieee!! Love love him to bits! I know I'm saying this in every post, but we really can't wait to see him in Dec!

And here's the bump shot at 25 weeks! :) 

My belly looks really round like ball here!

GROW GROW GROW caibaobao!!