puffs – My Whisk and I

Makes about 36 bite-sized puffs

1 packet store-bought puff pastry, thawed and at room temperature
egg wash: 1 egg yolk + 15ml water, whisked together
45ml sesame seeds
180g cream cheese, softened
60g goat cheese, softened
15ml lemon juice
1ml salt
30ml chopped chives
60ml sweet chilli sauce

Preheat your oven to 200℃ and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
Lay the pastry on a work surface and cut out 5cm rounds with a biscuit cutter.
Transfer the pastry rounds to the baking sheet, spacing them evenly apart.
Now score each round with a 2,5cm biscuit cutter, but do not cut through.
Brush the borders/rims of the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake the rounds for 12 minutes until puffed up and golden brown.
Remove from the oven and press down the centres of each puff with the back of a wooden spoon. Set aside to cool completely.
Add the cream cheese, goat cheese, lemon juice, salt and chopped chives to a bowl and beat together by hand until creamy.
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag and pipe into the centre of each pastry puff.
Drizzle over the sweet chilli sauce and serve.

These mini cupcakes are little bites of pure happiness and comfort! The recipe yields 24 mouthfuls.

45ml + 125ml sugar
250ml flour
5ml baking powder
2,5ml bicarbonate of soda
1,2ml salt
190ml cultured buttermilk
5ml vanilla
30g + 75g butter, melted
1 egg
5ml cinnamon

Preheat your oven to 180℃, NO FAN!
Grease a 24-hole mini muffin tin and put aside.
Add the 45ml sugar, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt to a mixing bowl and whisk together.
Add the buttermilk, vanilla, 30g melted butter and egg to another bowl and whisk together.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in a thin stream while whisking to combine.
Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins and bake for 12 minutes.
Take the puffs from the oven and leave to stand for about 5 minutes before removing them from the tin.
Pour the 75g melted butter into a small bowl and have a pastry brush ready.
Mix the 125ml sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl and mix through.
Brush each puff with the butter and then roll it in the cinnamon sugar.
Serve warm.

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