Snickerdoodles

The Snickerdoodles are cinnamon biscuits really soft and delicious. If you do some research you'll find different ways to prepare them, flat or round (the ones I prepared). That depends on your taste.

As you can see below, the preparation is very easy and quick. I've prepared the original version but you can add them a bit of honey, chocolate, orange, etc. Other day I'll post the chocolate version, you'll have to wait a little bit!!!

So, here it goes, photo and recipe.

Ingredients (around 75 biscuits):

• 280 grams all purpose Flour
• 125 grams Batter, room temperature
• 80 grams Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 3/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground Nutmeg (optional)
• 1 pinch Salt

Coating:

• 4 teaspoons Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Cinnamon

Preparation:

1. In one bowl add the flour, salt and nutmeg and whisk them together. Reserve.
2. In a different bowl beat the butterand sugar until you have a creamy mixture.
3. Add the vanilla extract and the egg and beat well.
4. Add the flour mixture slowly and beat until you have a smooth dough. You will need to knead the dough by hand when all the flour mixture is added. Knead until the dough is soft and separates from the sides of the bowl perfectly.
5. Pre heat the oven to 200º C.
6. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
7. For the coating: In a large shallow bowl mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
8. Take small pieces of dough and form small round balls of around 2,5 centimeters.
9. Roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture and place them on the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 centimeters between them.
10. Bake the biscuits for about 10-13 minutes, or until their surface start to be cracked.
11. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

These biscuits can last about one week if stored in an airtight container, at room temperature, if you don't eat all of them at once.

Grilled Lobster Monkfish

Today I'm posting a Monk fish recipe. As you can see this dish doesn't need much work as you'll prepared grilled. It's very soft, juicy and has a very natural flavor.

Ingredients (for 2):

• 1 Monk fish Tail
• Olive Oil
• Salt
• Sweet Paprika
• Mayonnaise or Tartar Sauce

Preparation:

1. Wash the monk fish and dry it with a piece of kitchen towel.
2. Put some olive oil in your hands and smear the monk fish with it.
3. Do the same with the salt and the paprika (to give it the lobster color).
4. Once done, heat the griddle pan (without oil, it's enough with the amount we put on the fish), when medium hot place the fish on the griddle pan and cook for about 3 minutes on each side (be careful to avoid burning the paprika).
5. Let stand for about five minutes before serving. The monk fish needs to be perfectly done. If you have a thermometer, look for an internal temperature of 145 degrees.

As you can see from the photo above, you can have it with mayonnaise or tartar sauce. As a side dish you can have whatever you prefer, I put a simple lettuce, onion and tomato salad.