Red Velvet Crinkle Sandwiches

August 8, 2014

Note: I will use these yummy treats to bribe everyone, especially the FF crowd – I have a favor to ask. What is it? Find out below. 😀

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The last few days were really crazy – I have lost my appetite and I don’t know why. I thought that after Ramadan, I will be back to indulging my favorite sweet and savoury dishes. I was wrong… so wrong. For the first time in my existence and for more than five days straight, I did not feel hungry at all nor crave for anything. This is not me, right? I had a brain storming on what do I really want – maybe I’d like to eat something? I told myself: “I know what you want – sunny side up eggs.” Because, my dear friends, I know myself that if I want to eat something that I can’t figure out, I have three answers for that – sunny side up eggs, instant noodles and processed/canned corned beef – and eating sunny side up eggs even just one of those will absolutely make me feel okay and be back to normal.

Nothing happened.

During my dull days, my cousin came and we had this conversation:

(After suggesting so many foods, she finally ended up with something not food related.)

H: Maybe you’d like a KFC take out?

Me: No, I don’t think so. Maybe I just need to bake something or cook, and then I’ll be back to normal.

H: Don’t you like that? You don’t have an appetite – that means this is your chance to lose weight. Try taking smoothies and fruits.

Me: I would love it if my stomach would accept anything, but I don’t crave… and worst, I don’t feel hungry.

H: Well, maybe it’s not food that you’ve been looking for.

Me: Not food? Then what?

H: A book – maybe you left your soul in that bookstore when you decided to leave that book behind.

Me: Maybe. Maybe.

See how brilliant she is?

Still, I have not returned to the bookstore. But I know that I will… soon. And let’s see.

Fast forward to the baking and results:

Over the weekend, I tried baking; hoping the light in me will come back.

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(The above part was written during my ‘abnormal’ days. I am my usual self now; thank you for all get-well messages and wishes.)

Red Velvet Crinkle Sandwiches

  • Servings: 20-22 crinkles
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients: thenotsocreativecook-RedVelvetCrinkles-IG2

For the crinkles:

  • 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp of baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup + 2 tbsp white sugar
  • ¼ cup + 1 tbsp butter, unsalted, softened to room temperature
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1 tbsp red food coloring (you may need to add more to achieve the desired brightness)
  • ½ cup powdered sugar

For the cream cheese filling:

  • 4 oz cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar (or more if desired)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • A pinch of salt

Instructions:

For the crinkles:

  1. In a bowl, add in flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix and set aside. In another bowl, add in softened butter and white sugar. Beat until pale and fluffy (about 3 minutes).
  2. Gradually add one egg at a time, mixing after each addition.
  3. Add in vanilla, milk, vinegar and red food coloring.
  4. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix just until incorporated.
  5. Cover the cookie dough with cling wrap and place in the fridge for about 2 hours up to overnight.
  6. While doing the next steps, time to preheat your oven to 350 F and prepare baking sheet with parchment paper.
  7. When the dough is firm enough, scoop out about 1 tbsp and form into balls.
  8. Roll on powdered sugar until fully coated and place on the prepared parchment  lined baking sheet.
  9. Bake for 9-10 minutes.
  10. Remove from the oven and let them rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
  11. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before filling.

For the cream cheese filling: 

  1. In a bowl, add in softened cream cheese and vanilla.
  2. Gradually add powdered sugar while the beater is running. Make sure to scrape down the sides to avoid lumps. Add salt and mix again.
  3. Continue adding and mixing the sugar when desired consistency is achieved.

NOW, get one crinkle, spread some heavenly cream cheese filling, get another crinkle and sandwich them together.

Source recipe: Hey Porridge!

Even without appetite, I still managed to eat a sandwich and two crinkles. 😛 Believe me, these sandwiches were amazing – the crinkles itself were not too sweet and the filling was really, really good. If only I had my appetite on the highest level during that day, I would have never given those to my friends and co-workers. 😀

These crinkle sandwiches made my co-worker’s kids very much happy. <3

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Apart from baking over the weekend, I enjoyed watching movies – Robocop, The Other Woman (my favorite among the movies I watched and this is a funny movie), Rio 2… and I watched Catching Fire again… and my reaction while watching the movie was it’s like I am seeing it for the first time, which btw, makes it  my first favorite movie among the previous I have mentioned. 😀

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So what’s the favor I want from you?

I will be away from the computer from the beginning of September and maybe…. maybe it will last for a month. I wish I could tell you that I am going on vacation, but I don’t think I could call it as one. I am just taking a break and vacation is not a right term. And let’s just say – I have a situation. Hopefully, I’d be able to open my blog and catch up with what’s happening.

Considering that I might not be able to prepare something to keep my blog running for the whole month of September, I NEED VOLUNTEERS to do guest post for me. If I make an invitation one by one, I don’t think if I will finish emailing everyone and I don’t think if I’ll have enough time to prepare to schedule the posts. And volunteers sound awesome and exciting. 😀

Requirements? No pork and alcohol.

And oh, I need your guest posts to be emailed to me maximum by August 23 so I would have a time to schedule them and email you back when it will go live.

So, what do you say? Who would love to be my guest? 😀 Send me an email. 😉

agnes

PS: I will still try to work on my blogger series and Tricky Tuesdays. If in case that I don’t receive an email for the guest post, then I guess I’ll be MIA for one month.

I hope you enjoy these crinkle sandwiches and you find these enticing enough for you to send me an email and tell me that you’d love to be my guest. 😀

Thank you to the ever kind, Angie, and to our co-hosts.

Happy FF#28!

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