German Apple Pie

The best part of this "special" pie? We don't need to mix the dough.

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of all purpose flour;
- 1 cup of powdered sugar;
- 1 tbsp of banking powder;
- 3 sliced apples;
- 1 cup of cranberries and raisins (as per your taste);
- 2 eggs;
- 3 tbsp of melted butter;
- cinnamon (as per your taste);

Preparation;

Grease a cake pan with butter.
Mix the apple with the cranberries, raisins and cinnamon. Put it in the bottom of the tray, as the first layer.
Mix the flour with the 3/2 of the sugar and the banking powder. With a table spoon, spread this mix over the apples (covering all). Cover it with the melted butter.
Whisk well the eggs and spread it over the rest of the pie.

Take it to oven to approximately 40/50 min.

After being ready, remove from the tray and sprinkle with the rest of the powdered sugar.

Bolachas de nozes e chocolate

Aqui esta uma receita de com poucas calorias, ideal para alturas em que devemos permanecer sempre em casa (como a altura em que estou a escrever este post!)

Ingredientes:

- 1,5 chavenas de oatmeal;
- 2 bananas maduras;
- 1/2 chavena de pepitas de chocolate;
- 1/3 de nozes grosseiramente picadas;
- 1 colher de sopa de mel;

Preparacao:

Esmagar as bananas e deitar para um recipiente. Adicionar o oatmeal, mexer bem, e deixar repousar por 15/20 minutos para que os flocos absorvam a humidade da banana.
Mexer novamente e adicionar o mel, as nozes e as pepitas de chocolate.

Envolver deliciadamente. Tirar porções e moldar as bolachas com as mãos, com o tamanho desejado.
Colocar numa forma untada e levar ao forno por cerca de 15-20 minutos (ate ficarem douradas).

Sweet Potato Brownies

If you're a brownies lover, but every bite you take, you think about the carbs you're consuming? 
That will not be a problem anymore, if you try to bake these sweet potato brownies.

Ingredients:

- 2 cups of sweet potato cooked and smashed as a puree;
- 2 eggs;
- 1/2 cup of oat meal;
- 1/2 cup of cocoa powder;
- 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1/2 cup of demerara sugar;
- 1/2 cup of chopped nuts (walnuts, cashew-nuts, or others if you prefer);
- 1/2 tablespoon of vanilla flavor;
- 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda;

Preparation:

In a bowl, mix first the sweet potatoes with the eggs. Add the remaining ingredients, one by one, mixing after each addition, leaving the baking soda for last.
Put it in a tray greased with vegetable oil and cacao powder.

Take it to the oven, for approximately 30 min.
After cooked, remove the brownie from the tray and cut into pieces!

Pudim de Iogurte

Aqui esta uma excelente maneira de comecar o novo Ano.

Ingredientes:

- 5 ovos;
- 1 lata de leite condensado;
- 1 iogurte natural grego;
- 3 dl de leite
- caramelo liquido para a forma

Preparação:

Misturar o leite com o leite condensado. Adicionar os ovos, um a um, mexendo bem entre cada adição. Envolver por fim o iogurte e mexer tudo bem.

Untar uma forma com chamine, com o caramelo e verter o preparado.
Levar ao forno em banho-maria durate cerca e 30min, em forno médio.

Retirar o pudim depois de cozido e desenformar quando frio.

Chocolate and milk cake

Ingredients:

- 5 eggs;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- 1 + 1/3 cup of all purpose flour;
- 5 tbsp of olive oil;
- 1 cup of milk;
- 4 tbsp of cocoa powder;

Cream:
- 1 can of condensed milk;
- 1 tbsp of butter;
- 3 tbsp of cocoa powder;
- 1dl of heavy cream;

Preparation:

Mix the eggs with the sugar. Add the olive oil, the cocoa, the milk and finally the flour, stiring well after each addition.

Take to the oven, for at least 45 min.

After the cake is ready, prepare the cream.

Take a pan to the heat, mixing all the ingredients. Stir in medium/lower heat, until it's possible to see the bottom of the pan, while mixing.
Take from the stove, let rest for a couple of minutes, and cover the cake already cooler.