Gifts from my Heart, Gifts from my Kitchen #5 - Crunchy Apricot Cheddar Thimbles & Muesli Choc Bites
Today we continue with Gifts from my Heart, Gifts from my Kitchen - Crunchy Apricot Cheddar Thimbles & Muesli Choc Bites.
I'm sure you all gathered I was somewhat stressed and strained last week when I made those special Indulgent Hampers but now with all the guests settled in and bookings sorted things are back to normal.
I had not made cookies for a long while but once I got going, I realised this still is my all-time favourite kitchen therapy with music playing in the background.
So I'm a Gemini and the mood changes from classics to pop to rock to stage shows to folk and even some country music to name but a few genres; just don't give me punk rock though!
While we start prepping for our baking session I would like to share one of my all time favourites with you - Leonard Cohen's Take this Waltz - and we'll be baking up a storm here in my kitchen making Crunchy Apricot Cheddar Thimbles which we will pack later to make up delicious home-baked gifts from the kitchen :)
Onto our baking class!
The crunchy and very cheesy Apricot Cheddar Thimbles are filled with Apricot Jam/Jelly or extra Cheese - I used Blue Mold Cheese, Crumbly Cottage Cheese & grated Cheddar cheese.
Crunchy Apricot Cheddar Thimbles
Yields approx 5 dozen cookies
- 250 gram Butter, softened
- 500 ml Self-Raising Flour
- 2 ml Salt
- 625 ml grated Mature Cheddar Cheese
Place into food mixer and blend till smooth
Form into small balls, place into sprayed patty pans, make a hollow in centre with a cork bottle stopper or back of wooden spoon.
Fill with Apricot Jam
Or cheese of choice
Bake at 170C fan oven (or 180C regular oven) till light golden brown, cool on wire racks before placing in airtight containers to make up gifts later on.
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Chewy Muesli Choc Bites are filled with Chocolate and topped with glace Cherries - delicious and nutritious little bites.
Muesli Choc Bites
Yields approx 5 dozen
- 150 gram Butter
- 100 ml Honey
- 2 ml Baking Soda
- 500 ml Muesli
- 250 ml Cake Flour
- 125 ml soft Brown Sugar
- 250 ml Coconut flakes
- Approx 150 gram Baking Chocolate
- 75 gram Glacé Cherries, halved
Melt butter and honey, stirring in baking soda
Mix remaining dry ingredients, add to melted mixture and mix well to blend ingredients
Spoon 12,5 ml mixture into well-sprayed small patty pans, pressing down to form a slight hollow in centre.
Bake at 160C fan oven (or 170C regular oven) for approx 8-10 minutes, leave to cool slightly before carefully removing from pans, cool on wire racks, then transfer to baking paper
Melt chocolate, fill centre of Muesli bites and top with half a glacé cherry
Store in airtight container in refrigerator till use
As promised, I will give you some lovely ideas for packing your gifts from the kitchen using stuff we'd normally toss into the bin by the end of this week, a little peek at that :)
Christmas time is full of nostalgia, a bittersweet time for me as I lost two brothers way too young around this time, so I will share the haunting If it be your Will performed by Leonard Cohen and The Webb Sisters, enjoy!
But whatever happens, let us never forget to stop and listen to the music!
Hope you enjoyed having a virtual baking and music session with me, till next time for Gifts from my Heart, Gifts from my Kitchen #6 when I will show you how to make magical shortbread cookie dough done various ways, which can be stored in the refrigerator, sliced and baked when required, followed by #7, where we will magically turn ordinary wine into Ouma Lily's Herbal Tonic Wine.
LINKS TO THIS SERIES
1. Gifts from my Heart, Gifts from my Kitchen #1 - Drunken Fruit
2. Gifts from my Heart, Gifts from my Kitchen #2 - Passionfruit Curd & Apricot Mustard
4. Gifts from my Heart, Gifts from my Kitchen #4 - Indulgent Gift Hampers
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This series of yours is really on a roll (pun intended), those little apricot thimbles look just like some my Mother used to make when I was knee high to grasshopper. She mainly stuck to the fruit fillings but cheese also sounds like a great choice too.
Nice choice on the music, I don't do music much anymore but I agree on the punk, to me it is junk.
Haha mr Papper, I've certainly been busy rockin n rollin :)
The cheese cookies is an old recipe, glad it brought back memories!
You should turn the music on during your long trips, may just make it feel shorter ;)
Thank you for your support!
It did bring the memories, Mom was a great baker and mother.
You are most welcome for the support.
Cheddar thimbles with more cheese... I think that would go a treat with my little one! Not sure about the older one, she's a bit more funny with cheese... but the little one will definitely wolf that down!
Oh they are very cheesy indeed, but my favourite still is the Apricot jam ones, having a sweet tooth! Thank you for the lovely feedback @bengy :)
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All this food look so delicious😊
Thank you so much @denissemata!
Wow, those look delicious! And you included such great instructions and step by step photos. Thanks!! ♥
Thank you for your lovely comments @squishysquid, they are delicious indeed:)
So lovely @lizelle! Christmas cookie baking is so fun, your guests, friends and family must certainly love you! A taste of both sweet and cheesy love it! :)
I just love the sweet and savoury combination of cheddar and apricot jam, you know my sweet tooth;)
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Dang your making me hungry these look so so good
Ah wish I could send some your way, thank you for your support @tattoodjay :)
Lol me to
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