I got to bring something to a birthday party this past weekend and had most of the ingredients for these, so I went with a new recipe. I liked the crisp in them and of course the addition of a little hershey’s chocolate on top. 1 stick unsalted butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar, [...]
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My Mom does make some great things when she follows recipes. She knows I am kidding when I say this, but she also knows its partly true…her lack of following directions when she bakes – kinda whatever she wants to put in there is what goes. Well, let me tell you – these were in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Chocolate York Cookies Sandwiches with Mint Buttercream Filling
Deep chocolate with york peppermint candies and a mint buttercream filling. Yum. I took a hint for the cookie from The Novice Chef and then made it my own. Thank you! Here you go: great for kids of all ages… 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking [...]
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Second week of December and it actually feels like it out there. Here we go: 1. O Holy Night is def my fave Christmas (sacred) song. More thoughts on it later this week. 2. Reilly Band (violin rock) and Barlow Girl were both awesome last night. Enjoyed the drive, blaring country music and Sojourn Advent, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Buttercream
Buttercream can’t exist in my house too long, or none of my clothes will fit! I have found the easiest way to do cupcakes is mostly to make a box mix (I used Devil’s Food for this one) and make my own buttercream. I used this girl’s buttercream and then added some peppermint flavoring. Here [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dorie Greenspan's Quintuple Chocolate Brownies
A friend who had one of these brownies said they were like fudge. Not fudge brownies, just fudge. I’ll take that as a compliment. These were delicious. I made them to celebrate a friend’s birthday. She liked them with some coffee ice cream. I just used dark chocolate sauce and cool whip. Either way – [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Chocolate Chip Nutella Cookies
Finally bought some Nutella when my parents were here over the summer. Got around to using it tonight for these yummy cookies. Chocolaty – with a hint of hazelnut goodness known as Nutella. 1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temperature 3/4 cup of brown sugar 3/4 cup of white sugar 1 cup of Nutella [...]
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Can that really be true? Can a cookie have too many chocolate chips? I don’t think so. These cookies are a good indication that I might be right. 1 1/4 cup flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 stick unsalted butter, room temp 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 6 T white sugar 1 [...]
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How bad can butter, sugar, chocolate, vanilla, and chocolate chips be? If you don’t count the calories – these guys are fabulous. My friend Ellie made them for lunch when I went to visit the month before I left Louisville. I loved them – enjoying one with some hazelnut coffee on a rainy afternoon. You [...]
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