Cream Puffs In Venice - Nutella: The World Needs You. There are times when I feel like an ostrich.
It’s like I have my head buried so deeply in all the minutia of daily life that when I stick my head out into the world I’m shocked (and often appalled) and what’s going on. I’ll be honest. When I do stick my head out mostly I just want to curl back into my little life with a blankie and a warm cup of tea. With all the uncertainy around us, it is nice to have some things that remain simple and pure, regardless if you’re 7 or 37.
And that’s Nutella. No matter what, that thick layer of Nutella that I slather onto a piece of bread always tastes the same and always brings back that pleasant feeling of chocolate and sugar and hazelnuts and fresh bread. And for all those that mock Nutella’s claims of being a healthy snack I’m sending a big dose of “shush” your way. Just shush. Nutella makes people happy. I said shush. Ciao! World Nutella Day was started in 2007 by Sara of Ms. Samoas ~ The Girl Scout Cookie Clone. For a PRINTABLE copy of the recipe, you'll find it on my recipe blog.
Click below:Once Upon a Plate RecipesIf you like the Girl Scout Cookies Samoas (also known as Caramel De-lites), I'm quite certain you will like these! I found the recipe on the excellent website "Baking Bites", and posted by a wonderful baker named Nicole. Thank you Nicole, for cracking the code for these delicious cookies. And please don't overlook all of Nicole's OTHER recipes on her incredible website ~ her talent is amazing: Please NOTE: I don't want you to be disappointed. ---> If you are of the 'slice and bake' cookie mind, making these cookies might not be for you.
<--- These cookies DO take TIME, EFFORT and a bit of SKILL. (also known as Caramel de-Lites) Makes about 3 1/2 to 4 dozen 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract up to 2 tablespoons milk Preheat oven to 350F. Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl. Topping: Lovin' From the Oven: Cookie Dough Cupcakes. Cookie Dough Cupcakes These were made in celebration of my dad’s birthday two days ago– Happy Birthday Dad!
I originally baked a brown sugar cupcake, but those didn’t turn out so great for me… probably because I didn’t have brown sugar on hand and made my own by creating a mixture of white sugar & molasses. So after disposing a batch of failure cupcakes into the trash can, I decided just to go with a simple french vanilla based cupcake instead. I was planning to put cookie dough in the middle of the cupcake, but in order to do that, you have to use well-frozen cookie dough so that it doesn’t cook all the way while baking inside the cake batter. Since I didn’t have time to freeze the cookie dough, I just left my cupcakes the way they were and focused on the frosting.
Have I mentioned how much I hate piping frosting? Brown Sugar Cupcakes(Recipe from Cupcake Bakeshop. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cookie Dough Frosting(Recipe from The Cupcake Review.