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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe. Strawberry Cheesecake « Cheesecake. Someone might think that after all the cheesecakes and cheesecake pots I’ve made I’ll have enough. But no. Not me. As soon as I came across this recipe I found myself being pulled towards the kitchen by some strong and strange power. Really! You better believe me. The things that followed were…hm…spooky, my friends. All I could see were my very own hands reaching for strawberries, sugar, blender…then there was a lot of noise…then flour mist covered everything…and the next thing I remember was me sitting on a chair and munching on this heavenly treat.

Things like these happen to me quite often. Sometimes I’m scared. What is that? Well, that kitchen of mine – I guess there will be a movie made about its magical powers one day. Luckily, I had my camera there with me…so now I have the evidence to show you: These are the ingredients that gathered to create the delicious piece of art. 1. Or shall I use the instructions-giving style? Okay. So… 2. 4. Both ways are all-right. 5. 6. But you can. Am I being clear? Dessert Recipe: Ombre Effect Classic Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream | Somewhere Splendid. Ladies and gentlemen, get your “Pin It” buttons ready. Well, I would if it were me, because today we’re talking cupcakes. And not just any cupcakes – ombre cupcakes. I’ve taken my classic white vanilla cake recipe and gave it a little oomph with this stunning effect because, after all, we eat with out eyes as much as we do with our mouth, right?

I’m really excited to have this as my first recipe of the week since baby! Now, this isn’t a super clean ombre as you’ll get with a layered cake. I love Rosie from Sweetapolita‘s take on a similar effect she did on this cake: think of it more as a watercolor look, and embrace the imperfections. Some of mine looked pretty “striped”, but others were more uneven. Two quick notes before I get to the recipe. 2¾ cups cake flour1⅔ cups sugar¾ teaspoon salt1 tablespoon baking powder12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) softened unsalted butter, cut into ½ sticks4 large egg whites, plus 1 whole egg1 cup whole milk3 teaspoons vanillafood coloring. Peppermint Pattie Brownies. There’s something important that you should know about these brownies. And it’s that I got to keep them all to myself. See, I married this guy who doesn’t like chocolate and mint together. What? I know. That’s what I said too. He also isn’t *thrilled* about chocolate and peanut butter when combined but we are learning to overcome such a disturbance.

The thing is, I don’t even think I KNEW about the mint + chocolate combo hatred until after we were married. Me? So… I’ve been dying to make a peppermint pattie brownie for months. Ingredients: 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 2/3 cup chocolate chips peppermint pattie layer 2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 3 tablespoons evaporated milk 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract Directions: I can’t even.

Double Chocolate Loaf. 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode. I had so much fun developing this recipe. Talk about kinda dangerous though. This baby is baked in 60 seconds, no lie!! The cookie dough recipe is prepared right in your ramekin, so we are also talking about minimal dishes. Win win, right? You know those fabulous pizzookie’s you order at certain restaurants? In any case, Enjoy my friends!! Start by creaming your butter and sugars right in your ramekin. Just like so, light and fluffy. You’ll add a couple tablespoons of beaten egg next. A splash of vanilla please. Give another good stir of the spoon until combined. Once combined, add your dry ingredients right to the ramekin. Flour, salt and baking soda all set! Give a few stirs then…. Time for some fabulous chips! Oh yah!

Top with a lovely scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle with my homemade magic shell! Mmmmm. To share or not to share? 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode Ingredients Directions Place butter and sugars into a 2-cup ramekin, beat with spoon until well combined. The only school supplies you really need... New pencils, backpacks, markers, loose-leaf paper, colored folders...this is what back-to-school is all about, right? I used to love school supplies, before I had kiddo and was presented with "the list. " You know, the list that mandates you have construction paper and Manila paper both in sizes that are the exact OPPOSITE of the first three stores you check.

Back-to-school always has me thinking cookies. {Let's be honest, most every time of year does.} I'm not sure if my mother really *did* always have freshly baked cookies for us on the first day of school, or I invented that memory. Either way, back-to-school gives me cookie brain. With school just around the corner, you may want to whip up a batch of these for lunchboxes or an after-school treat. Nutella-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies {makes 24} Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, soda and salt.

Add the flour on low speed in three additions. Preheat oven to 350. Chocolate Cheesecake Cake. Chocolate Cheesecake Cake You know how some people really don’t get along well with their In-Laws? How visits with them are stressful and awkward and generally awful for many people? Yeah, not me. I got kinda lucky on that whole “in-law” thing. It happened to be my dear Father-in-Law’s birthday last weekend. If you followed my blog over the holidays, you may have seen me make that oh-so-yummy Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake.

I always, always bake my cheesecakes in a “water bath.” That baked cheesecake is popped into the freezer and allowed to freeze up nice and firm. In case you’re wondering how I got my cake layers to bake up so even and flat… nope, I did not trim them. The frosting recipe I used is also from the Piece of Cake cookbook- Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting. It’s a pretty fudgy frosting, so I’d say it’s not great for trying to pipe decorations.

And I shaved some chocolate on top. I guess I have to say it. So… I’m curious…do you get along with your in-laws? Slow Cooker Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe from Betty Crocker. Meatless Monday: Baked Penne with Roasted Vegetables. I really wish I’d had the foresight to organize my saved recipes by season. Now that I have approximately 2 million recipes saved, that’s really never going to happen. Sadly, it means that it often takes me forever to make a dish because when I come across it, the timing’s not right. I seriously cannot tell you how long I’ve had this recipe saved. We’re talking at least 2 years. And I always find it randomly in the fall, when zucchini and summer squash are done for. And then I have to wait practically a whole year.

Except, then I forget until I find it again the following October. Now that I’ve finally made this recipe, I know it will be on my radar every summer. This meal was a winner for all of us, and the leftovers were just as great. You should definitely try this meal. Baked Penne with Roasted Vegetables Adapted from Giada DeLaurentiis Preheat the oven to 450. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Pour the pasta into a large baking dish.

Peppermint brownies | Meals in Heels. London has been living up to its true reputation for grey skies and rain recently. Ever since Christmas we’ve had a lot of it. Mentally you have to be a crazy optimist and just crack on with things. The upside is you get a lot of work done and cook more because its too foul to go out. I’ve just finished my second book for Murdoch and sent it off to Sydney yesterday….whahey! So the rain has been my friend, whipping my attention-deficit brain into gear. It will come out next year, about this time, and the title is still top secret. In a few weeks we are getting a pug puppy, which is going to be interesting. Brownie recipes are a bit like chocolate chip cookies. Peppermint brownies preparation time 20 minutes cooking time 40 minutes makes about 18 Icing (powdered) sugar for sprinkling Preheat oven to 160ºC (315ºF/Gas 2–3).

Recipe, food and prop and styling Jennifer Joyce Photo Mowie Kay. Birthday Cake Muffins. There’s a teenager officially in the house. I thought I’d be sad about that. But, he’s a great kid. He made me breakfast in bed this morning for no good reason at all. And at night he scoots a chair up next to me while I blog and puts his hand on my knee. See? The little brother and sisters and I did a bit of sneaky shopping on Friday, the day before our teenagers birthday. With plans to string streamers and wrap presents, we began with whispered excitement until…I went out the to car to discover that we’d been given ALL the bags of purchased stuff, EXCEPT the ones with the birthday gifts. So, that great kid of mine woke early to an empty kitchen table, a few measly streamers that had drooped overnight, and no eggs in the fridge for a fabu birthday breakfast.

Something had to be done. So, I pulled five simple ingredients from the fridge and pantry, stirred them together, and conjured muffins that made that teenager of mine actually say, “mom! Homemade Ding Dongs. Hi! I have a weekend project for you: Ding Dongs. Yeah, it’s like that. Nothing complicated about them…maybe a little time consuming…maybe just a tad. Nothing too major, though. Can I walk you through it? You’ll need some wax paper and a pencil. Brew some strong, hot coffee and pour it over chocolate. Per usual, there’s the typical flour, cocoa, dry ingredients sifting that’s necessary.

While the cakes are cooling, you’ll want to make the ganache and 7-minute marshmallow filling. This is when the fun begins! P.S. Flip the cake cut-out over, and taking a knife (or smaller cutter), cut out a smaller hole in the center. And replace the hole. Gently turn it over, and using a pastry brush, lay on the ganache. Since this lacks all the chemicals, they’ll be messy when you eat them. Xo Adrianna Homemade Ding Dongs Cake recipe slightly adapted from Smitten Kitchen Yields 15 ding dongs Print this recipe! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Seven Minute Frosting Recipe from Epicurious Ganache 1. 2.

Assembly. Peanut M&M Cookie Bars. I actually made these a few days ago as a surprise for Fritz and they are long, long gone. Fritz inhaled them in matter of 48 hours, tops. Good surprise, then. He likes to have snacks for study time, and if you know Fritz, then you know peanut M&Ms are his kryptonite. He can’t resist them. For Christmas last year, Mom and Dad filled his stocking with peanut M&M paraphernalia as a joke and he was probably the happiest I have ever seen him. In fact, he’s probably eating peanut M&Ms right now, wrapped in his yellow M&M blanket and wearing his new peanutty PJs (a recent gift from dad). I really loved the cookie base of these bars, but I’m not a huge fan of peanut M&Ms, so I was just an edge nibbler of these guys–actually a good thing, since I’m still recovering from the holidays sweet shock.

Peanut M&M Cookie Bars (adapted from Cate’s World Kitchen) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 9″ x 13″ baking pan with foil, and lightly grease it. Mix in the peanut M&Ms. Slice ‘em and go for it! Strawberry Nutella Poptarts. Friday, February 10, 2012 Strawberry Nutella Poptarts* In almost 24 hours I am going to be on live television. Seriously. I have no idea what I am going to wear or say….and I’m pretty sure the producer over at Good Morning Jacksonville has no idea what she has gotten herself into.

While I may not have it all figured out just yet, I have decided that I will talk like Julia Child and only refer to myself in third person. First, take some store bought pie dough. Roll out the pie dough till it’s pretty thin. On one pie dough rectangle, spread a layer of Nutella. Cut a strawberry slice into the shape of a heart (slice a strawberry lengthwise into slices and then curve out the stop with a paring knife to create the heart shape). Using the strawberry heart as a pattern, cut out a heart shaped hole in the second piece of dough. Place the strawberry in the center of the nutella/strawberry jam mixture. Using a fork, seal the edges. Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown.

Blueberry Crumb Bars. Le Petit Ogre: Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread. The new year is all about eating healthy isn't it? Well for me, a heathy body includes a healthy mind. And sugar is one of those necessary things to sustain a healthy mind. It is almost a daily consumption for me. And I don't mean eating a whole apple pie or chocolate cake, but a cookie or a (heaping) spoonful of Nutella. Of course some days I will indulge more than others, and when that happens you eat a bit more broccoli or bike a little further. It's all about balance, right? Right. Well this cinnamon sugar pull-apart bread from Joy the Baker certainly has the right qualification to sustain a healthy and happy mind. I mean who doesn't love cinnamon, sugar, and soft yeasty bread, that you pull apart and let sing in your mouth. Enjoy! Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread Makes one 9x5x3-inch loaf For the Dough: Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.