Sweet "Potatoes"

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter                                                              4 tablespoon

Cream cheese                                                                 4 tablespoon

Vanilla essence                                                               1 teaspoon

Condensed milk                                                             450 grams

Walnuts (chopped)                                                       2 cups

Ground cinnamon                                                         1 tablespoon

Method:

Beat butter and cream cheese with vanilla and salt until pale and fluffy. Mix in sugar and walnuts until smooth. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Roll dough (1 tablespoon each) between your hands. Shape into "potatoes." Roll in cinnamon; brush off excess with a pastry brush. To create "eyes," stick in walnut pieces. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Strawberry-Jam Cakes

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter                                                            ½ cup

Sugar                                                                                 ¾ cup

Orange zest                                                                    1 teaspoon

Eggs                                                                                    2 whole

All purpose flour                                                           1-1/2 cup

Baking powder                                                              ½ teaspoon

Salt                                                                                       ¼ teaspoon

Milk                                                                                     ¼ cup

Strawberries jam                                                           6 tablespoon

Fresh Orange juice                                                        ¼ cup

Condensed milk                                                             1-1/2 cup

Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C. Butter a standard 6-cup muffin tin; set aside. In a medium bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, and zest until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks one at a time until creamy; set aside. Into a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture and milk in alternating batches to butter mixture; set aside. In a clean bowl, whisk egg whites to soft peaks; fold into batter. Divide half of batter among muffin cups. Make an indentation in the middle of each; fill with 1 tablespoon jam. Top with remaining batter. Bake until a cake tester inserted in top cake layer comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Unmold cakes, and transfer them to a wire rack to cool. In a small bowl, whisk together condensed milk and juice. Place rack over parchment paper; drizzle cakes with glaze.

Potato Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter                                                             1 cup

Light brown sugar                                                         ¾ cup

Sugar                                                                                  ¾ cup

Vanilla essence                                                             1 teaspoon

Eggs                                                                                   2 whole

All purpose flour                                                          2 cup

Baking soda                                                                    1 teaspoon

Salted potato chips (crushed)                                 4 cup

Walnuts                                                                           1 cup

Method:

Preheat oven to 190°C. Beat together butter and sugars with a mixer on high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add vanilla and eggs, and beat on medium speed until just combined. Add flour, baking soda, and beat on low speed until just combined. Stir in 2 cups potato chips and the nuts. Roll dough into 2-inch balls, and then roll balls in remaining potato chips to coat. Place cookies 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely on baking sheet.