Triple Chocolate Cookies

I've been waiting to share this next recipe with you guys for a long time and I think it is finally time! Everyone knows that chocolate cookies are heavenly, but what about a triple chocolate cookie? I make these cookies so often, firstly because I love making  and eating them and secondly, because people always ask me for them. A few days ago I made a big batch and they only lasted for about 7 minutes. :) My family and friends liked them so much that I made another batch right the next day. 

INGREDIENTS: 
150g flour
1,5 tablespoon of cocco powder
1 teaspoon of cinnamon 
90g dark chocolate
90g white chocolate
100g butter
130g caster sugar
1 egg

Line your baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 170C (338°F). Mix the flour, coco powder and cinnamon in a bowl. Chop up your dark and white chocolate to smaller pieces and add them to the flour mixture as well. Mix the sugar and the melted butter with a whisk until it is well combined and then add the egg and mix that in as well. Fold together the flour and the egg mixture. Form little balls out of your dough, then place them on the baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 10 -13 minutes. 

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Gingerbread cookies

Christmas is right around the corner and I'm more than excited. I'm the kind of person who loves Christmas and all the fun and festive things that come with it. I love snow, Christmas trees, festive decorations, when the people you love come together, the food, cinnamon and last but not least the gingerbread which I make every single year. I believe I have the tastiest recipe for this special cookie. I love making them, because it is so delicious and christmassy and also it is so fun to make them with family and friends.

I came back home from Portugal to Hungary for the holidays so I can spend this wonderful time with the people I love most. Yesterday my sister and I decided to make the traditional gingerbread cookies. We had such a good time making them and I decided to upload this recipe with some photos so you can see how ours turned out.

INGREDIENTS: 

250g honey

100g sugar
50g butter
325g flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg

2 teaspoons gingerbread spice (ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg)

Heat up the honey in a saucepan, add sugar and the butter and let it cool. Mix together the flour, baking powder and the gingerbread spice in a separate bowl. Add the honey mixture and the egg and mix until you get a dough. Chill that in the fridge for minimum 2 hours. Put your dough on a floured work surface and get your rolling pin and roll it until it is a 0,5-1 cm thick. Then get your cookie cutter and press them on the rolled out dough to get the shape you want. Bake them in 180°C oven for about 5-7 minutes. When they are done feel free to decorate them with frosting.

If this recipe inspired you to make gingerbread cookies this Christmas then make sure to tweet me or tag me on instagram so I can see your recreations.

Merry Christmas!

Ewe-cheese buns/baguette

This week's recipe has been one of my favourite dishes for a long time. My mom used to bake these baguettes for the family and I was always so excited for them. A few years ago I asked her to give me the recipe and I was so surprised when I found out how easy they actually were. Since then I made these so many times I can't even count.

I  even bake these if we have guests coming over because you can make lots of them in no time. 

You can use buns or baguettes for this recipe ( I used buns).  I made it with soft Ewe-cheese but if you can't find it in your country  blue cheese also works. 

INGREDIENTS: 

6 buns

300g of ewe-cheese / blue cheese (juhtúró)

100g of unsalted butter ( room temperature )

1 clove of a garlic

1 teaspoon of oregano

Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) .Get a bowl and mix together your cheese and your butter. Then add your chopped garlic and oregano. Take your buns and make three paralel cuts into them (cut them just until the middle) and fill these gaps with your cheese cream. Pack your buns in tinfoil completely, but leave a little whole on top. Bake them for 20 minutes then open the tinfoil and let the top of the buns bake for 5 more minutes. I served them with cherry tomatoes on the side, but it is great with any kind of fresh salads.

If you decide to give this recipe a go then please leave a comment or upload a picture on instagram with the #katasbreakfastcheesebuns. (@breakfast_at_katas).

Butter cookies

A tea always relaxes me after a long day. While I'm catching up on my favourite tv shows I like to drink some tea and snack on some butter cookies. It is just the perfect combo for me. Watching tv shows and eating butter cookies have always been my guilty pleasure.

I had my preferred brands at the stores, but a few years ago I realized that I can make my own butter cookies and ever since if I have time I choose to bake my own. 

To my surprise, butter cookies are a favourite here in Portugal, too, I discovered them in the supermarket. You can see them in the picture below. But let's start home-baking.

INGREDIENTS:
125g of butter (room temperature)
240g of sugar
2 eggs
340g of flour
1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

For decoration: 
150g of chocolate (black or milk) 
almonds

Preheat your oven to 175°C (347°F) and line a baking pan with parchment paper. Get your room temperature butter and sugar, beat them together until they are fluffy. Then add your eggs one at a time and also the vanilla extract. In a separate bowl fold together your flour and baking powder and then mix them with your dry ingredients. (If you feel like it is not coming together then add more flour). Rest this for 40 minutes in . After 40 minutes put your dough on a working surface (put flour on it first) and get your rolling pin and roll it until it is a 0,5-1 cm thick. Then get your cookie cutter and press them on the rolled out dough (I used a circle shape for this). Transfer them on to your pan and bake them for 10 minutes, not more, because they dry easily. Let them cool completely. Then melt your chocolate in the microwave and dip the cookies half way into the chocolate. If you'd like you can put almond on top of your cookies.

These cookies taste a hundred times better then you would get in the store. If you try this recipe be sure to write a comment or take a picture of it and upload it to instagram using the #katasbreakfastcookies ( @breakfast_at_katas ).

Chocolate brownie

I have been living in our new house for a month now and I wanted to bake something (as usual) that brings back the feeling of our old home in Hungary. What is better and easier than a brownie? Also, my family loves every recipe that involves chocolate so they were more than happy to hear about my treat I've planned for them. I make this recipe very often because it is - as I said before - easy and it is very chocolaty. 
The best thing about this brownie is that for most of your measurements you'll only need a mug. Decide which mug you want and use all through the recipe. 

INGREDIENTS:

1 mug of flour

1 mug of (unsweetened) cocoa powder

1/2 mug of caster sugar

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

2 eggs

4 tablespoons of milk

100g of unsalted butter (room temperature)
80g of chocolate

For decoration: 
1 or 2 banana (depends on how much you prefer)
black or white chocolate (a few squares)

Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) and butter your pan ( I used a 15x20 or you could use a 20x30 one too). In a bowl mix together your dry ingredients ( flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and cinnamon) and set it aside. Put your butter and chocolate above water bath and melt them together. In a different bowl whisk together your caster sugar and 2 eggs . Pour your chocolat and egg mixture together ( wait until the chocolate cools down so you don't cook your eggs. ) Lastly add a few tablespoons of milk (if you feel that your batter is too dry than add more milk). Bake this for 30 minutes until the center is nearly baked. (I baked mine in a glass pan and it baked slower!)Don't let the brownies cool when their done. Cut them into squares and put a chocolate square on each (that way the hot brownie will melt the chocolate.)Be careful when you cut the brownie because it is very tricky. I put black and a white chocolate squares on my brownies and some thin sliced bananas on the side.

I hope you'll try this recipe and like it. If you bake these brownies be sure to write a comment or take a picture of it and upload it to instagram using the #katasbreakfastbrownies ( @breakfast_at_katas ).

Hello everyone!

I wanted my first post to be a little introduction. I'm Kata and I'm 17 years old. I am from Hungary. 8 years ago I lived in Portugal with my family for a year and we fell in love with it. We felt like this is a place where living one year is not enough. So long story short, we decided to repeat this wonderful year.

But in recent years not only Portugal has become an important part of my life, but spending time and using my creativity in the kitchen, too. Cooking and baking became my hobbies. As I'm back in Portugal for another year to combine the two passions I decided to start a blog where I can share my enthusiasm for baking and cooking and also give a little insight into the Portuguese way of life. That is why I created Breakfast At Kata's.

I hope my blog brings joy to my readers :)  I plan to make easy and fun recipes for you guys and also sometimes just upload some photos of what I bake or cook on an everyday basis. Also I would like to share with you my life in Portugal.

If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see in my blog, feel free to write a comment on the blog or  my instagram! (instagram: breakfast_at_katas) 

See you in my next post!