Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dessert. Show all posts

Mar 2, 2009

Yet Another Cookie Recipe

Yes, it's rapidly becoming apparent what my favorite yummy treat is! This particular cookie recipe is donated by my mom. She had made these Sunday morning and when Jared and I came over for dinner, they were there waiting for us.. begging to be eaten. Take it from this cookie lover, these chocoalte blizzard cookies are simply delicious.

Chocolate Blizzard Cookies

1 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour
1 cup large semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup pecans, chopped

Beat butter, sugar, and baking soda for 30 seconds. Beat in cooled chocolate, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in flour. Add chips and nuts. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until tops look dry. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before moving to wire racks to cool. Makes 3-1/2 dozen.


Happy Baking!

Feb 26, 2009

What's for dinner?

Well, I'll tell you. I made a new pasta recipe last night for dinner and I was tempted to share that with you but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post the delicious dinner we had tonight. So easy, so good, so budget friendly.


Salsa Chicken

Chicken
Taco Seasoning
Salsa
Cheddar Cheese
Sour Screm (optional)


Preheat oven to 350.
Place thawed chicken in a pan (however much you think your family will eat), sprinkle taco seasoning over all. Spread salsa over all. Bake for 30 minutes or until juices run clear. Sprinkle cheese on top, put back in oven for 2-3 minutes or until melted. Put a dollop of sour cream on top.


That's it! I promise you will not regret it if you give this recipe a try. I usually serve this with yellow rice:
that you can buy in the Mexican food aisle of any grocery store.

Since I came home feeling ambitious and motived to bake, I tried a new cookie recipe. I found it here, but I'll share it in this post as well.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 3/4 cups chocolate morsels
1 cup quick or old-fasioned oats
1/2 raisins (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla extract in alrge mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture and milk. Stir in morsels, oats and raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 10 - 14 minutes or until edges are crisp but centers are still soft. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.


I have never made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies before, so I'm not sure if this recipe will be my favorite, or just good. I will have to hunt some more and try some other recipes out! Oh, darnit. ;-)

ENJOY!

Feb 2, 2009

Two Loves Combined

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

1 pkg Betty Crocker's Chocolate Chip Cookie mix
(necessary ingredients listed on back of package)
1 pkg Betty Crocker's Original Supreme Brownie mix (w/ chocolate syrup pouch)
(all necessary ingredients for mix listed on back of box)
Chocolate Frosting

Preheat oven to 350. Grease bottom of 9x13 pan. Make brownies according to package directions, spread in bottom of pan. Make cookies according to package directions. Spoon tbsp size scoops into even rows on top of brownies, push dough down. Bake for 35-40 min, or until toothpick comes out clean.


Side Notes:

This is a totally delicious desert and SO easy! My fav kind of recipe. I made this last night for our super bowl party and it was a big hit! I'm sure that if you so desire, packaged mixes can be substituted with homemade ingredients. Also, I just used a regular fudge brownie mix and it came out just fine. I also did not put the chocolate frosting on top. That seemed a little too sweet for my tastes, but if that's what you're craving I'm sure it's delicious. Hope you enjoy!