We give a simple alternative proof for the C-1,C-1-convex extension problem which has been introduced and studied by D. Azagra and C. Mudarra (2017). As an application, we obtain an easy constructive proof for the Glaeser-Whitney problem of C-1,C-1 extensions on a Hilbert space. In both cases we provide explicit formulae for the extensions. For the Glaeser-Whitney problem the obtained extension is almost minimal, that is, minimal up to a multiplicative factor in the sense of Le Gruyer (2009).