Crunchy Squad

I know it's been about three months or so, BUT! that's still less than three years, so 'posting more frequently' still stands! :D


If you know BTS, you surely know BT21.
If you know BT21, you surely know SHOOKY.
If you know SHOOKY, do you also know the other 362 members of the Crunchy Squad?
No? Neither do I! (Yet, that is.)

Earlier this month, ARMY were asked to come up with their very own Crunchy Squad members to join SHOOKY on his adventures.

362 members of the Crunchy Squad, brought to life alongside SHOOKY inside a bakery.

How do they look like? What are their names? 
Candy, fruits, pencils, flour..(?) Anything is possible!

The Crunchy Squad needs you and your creative juice

to complete the squad as they go on an amazing adventure with SHOOKY :)

Of course I had to participate! :D
(And of course I left it to the very last day, an hour or so before the deadline)

[STEP 01] Draw & Name your Crunchy Squad!

- Sketch, photo, etc. Any form of expression is possible!
- From 1 to 362. The number of Crunchy Squad characters you can submit is infinite!- Please name your character(s) only in English and in numbers.

I immediately thought of Linzer Augen (or Jammy Dodgers, as they might be called in your corner of the world), with the 'Augen' (German for 'eyes') as either the...well, eyes, or as their chubby, blushing cheeks.
I made a little sketch with three different cookies (all rather cute, if you ask me), but instead of submitting a pencil drawing, I decided on actually baking them! :D
The names I came up with were rather unoriginal (JAMMY, DODGER and LINZY), but I thought they were cute and fit well, so who cares.
The numbers I gave them were #43, #44 and #45, simply because 4 is my favourite number :D (and because I think Jammy Dodgers are rather basic cookies which would be some of the first cookies so be baked, while the later cookies may be a bit more unusual)

On the day I decided to bake my cookies...the lower floor of our house had no electricity.
Awesome.
Although, no, I lied, the fridge and the oven both DID have electricity. A sign maybe~~~~~~~?
Well, I ignored that sign until 1AM, when I grabbed a flashlight, went to the kitchen and made some dough in the dark.
[I didn't have enough flour to make a large batch, and I technically only needed 6 cookies anyway, so I made a third of the recipe (1/3 of an egg yolk and all)]
The next day, I baked and filled them (still in the dark) and then tried decorating them.
Yeah, chocolate won't really hold on a sugar dusted surface, who knew.
So I took a picture and added the faces and limbs in paint. (Yes, paint. The king of all art programs.)
Sadly, the cookie who was supposed to be DODGER looked absolutely terrifying! No matter what I did with the eyes, he looked both murderous and creepy. So LINZY became DODGER, and my dad ate the evil cookie (before it tried eating one of us)

[STEP 02] Upload your work on Twitter!

- To prevent plagiarism, please write your Twitter ID (e.g: @BT21_) on your work.
- Please include the following hashtags on your Twitter: 
#Draw_BT21 #CrunchySquad #BT21_UNIVERSE

 

Meet freshly baked Jammy & Dodger 😊 #Draw_BT21 #CrunchySquad #BT21_UNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/w4LFZ45Pmb

— Potato 💜 (@Werdaepfel) 27 April 2019

[STEP 03] Watch your ideas come to life through the official BT21 account.

- LINE FRIENDS Creators who design and illustrate BT21 will build on, develop, and expand upon your ideas which will be reflected on the final Crunchy Squad.
- The Crunchy Squad, built upon your ideas, will be unveiled through the official BT21 Account. 

I hope my two cuties (or a variation of them) will make it into the Crunchy Squad! :D
Wish me luck!

Cookie Time

I bought Black Treacle for the first time last year (main reason being the awesome Halloween tins it came in), and haven't done much with it since.
So because I don't want it to go bad (can treacle even go bad?), I made some cookies!
And they are SO DELICIOUS.

Black Treacle Cookies
(from allrecipes.co.uk)
155g (⅔ cup + 1 tsp) butter
200g (¾ cup + 2 tbsp) sugar
 60g (4 tbsp) black treacle
1 egg
250g (1¼ cup) flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp ground cloves

1 pinch salt

additional sugar

*

Melt the butter and set aside to cool.

Add sugar, egg and treacle, beat well.

Sieve together dry ingredients, then add to the mixture and stir until combined.
Chill for three hours or over night.

Preheat oven to 190°C.
Form dough into walnut sized balls, roll them in the additional sugar and place on parchment lined baking trays.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Don't worry if they come out a bit crispier than you like, just store them in an air tight container, and they'll be chewy and delicious the next day!

*the original recipe also calls for ½ tsp ground ginger, if that's your thing

Christmas cookies all year round!

Well, you'll be able to use the cookie recipes I'm about to post for Christmas '14! Or just whenever you like, because these cookies are de-li-cious!

My sister helped me with this year's Christmas baking, which was a first. I made the dough, and she did the rest :3

This is the first time I'll be trying to add cup measurements as well, if anything is false, blame the Internet, not me!

Vanillekipferl
280g (1 ½ cup) flour
200g (7 ounces) butter
100g (¾ cup) ground walnuts (you can substitute for almonds, although the cookies will be dryer)
80g (¾ cup) powdered sugar
1 sachet vanilla sugar
additional powdered sugar and vanilla sugar

Quickly mix together the ingredients to form a dough (yes, just throw everything together), wrap it in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge for about two hours.
Preheat your oven to 170°C (338°F).
Form the Kipferl by rolling pieces of dough between your hands (or on the table) and put them on a parchment covered baking sheet.
Bake about 15 minutes or until the edges start to brown.
Sprinkle powdered- and vanilla sugar over the cookies while they're still warm.
Let them cool and then stuff your face.

Zimtsterne
250g ( 2 cups + 1 tbsp) flour
125g (1 stick) butter
125g (1 cup + 1 tsp) powdered sugar
½ tsp vanilla sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
dash salt
1 egg
1 egg yolk
125g (1 cup) ground hazelnuts
additional flour for rolling out the dough
powdered sugar and lemon juice for the icing

Quickly mix together the ingredients to form a dough (once again, just throw everything together), wrap it in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 160°C (325°F).
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and cut out stars. (Yes, you can see a few snails in the picture, it was a joke because Zimtschnecke (cinnamon snail) is the German word for cinnamon roll)
Place cookies on parchment covered baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until they turn golden brown.
After the cookies have cooled completely, mix powdered sugar with a bit of lemon juice, and either cover the entire top of the cookie, or just drizzle some over it.
Now stuff your face.

Fortune Cookies
2 egg whites
½ tsp vanilla extract (or vanilla sugar)
3tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
60g (½ cup) flour
1 ½ tsp cornstarch or potato starch
dash salt
115g (½ cup) sugar
3 tsp water
optional: food colouring

Preheat your oven to 150°C (300°F).
In a medium bowl, lightly whisk together the egg whites, vanilla extract and oil.
Sift in the flour, starch, sugar and salt and add water.
Beat until you have a smooth batter.
Now you can either leave it at that, or divide the batter between bowls and dye them all a different colour.
Drop a spoonful of batter onto a greased cookie sheet, then spread the batter with your spoon. Repeat one more time. (Start with 2 cookies, and once you've got the hang of it, you can do more)
You can now decorate the cookies like you would normally do with royal icing.
I folded my own little piping bags and made polka dots and stripes, but there really is no limit to what you can do :3 Just remember that you'll be folding them, so maybe don't paint Mona Lisa, because she won't be recognisable.
Bake the cookies for 14 minutes, or until the edges turn golden, and the cookie is easily removable with a spatula.
Take a cookie, and flip it over. Lay your fortune or message onto the cookie, then fold it in half. Quickly, but gently, pull the edges of the cookie over a mug or glass, then put it into a cup of a cupcake tin, so it won't lose its shape.
Yes, the cookies will be hot.
Really hot.
Ouch.