Lemon Bars. Kiwi Pops. This is a delicious treat that my kids love, and hopefully yours will too. It’s also a wonderful snack/dessert that they can help make. My kids love inserting the sticks {you can use Popsicle sticks or candy sticks} and even more so they love dipping them into the chocolate. Grab a few kiwis {because chances are good they’re going to want more than one pop} next time you’re in the market and you’ll probably have the remaining ingredients in your pantry and you’ll be all set! Kiwi PopsWhat you’ll need: {makes 3-4 pops per kiwi depending on kiwi size} 1 kiwi – peeled and sliced into 3-4 vertical slices 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 tablespoon olive oil What to do: 1. 2. 3. 4. Chocolate Chubbies. [Photograph: Quentin Bacon] Not really a cookie or a brownie, these Chocolate Chubbies from Sarabeth Levine's Sarabeth's Bakery are somewhere in between. While mixing up the super chocolaty batter I was taken with how much it resembled a brownie or cake batter, and since it was so wet, a bit concerned about how these cookies would make out after a few minutes in a hot oven.
I had imagined that they would spread into a thin, chocolaty disk, but instead they barely spread at all, the little mounds of dough drying on the outside and turning into freestanding chocolate-cookie-brownies. The baked cookies took on a shiny, almost meringue-like outer shell, and the inside was all gooey chocolate studded with chunks of walnuts and pecans. Their blobby little shapes lived up the the chubby name.
Whether you call these guys self-contained brownies or cookies with the heart of a brownie, the cookie-brownie hybrid is pretty genius. Cream cheese chocolate cupcakes. I made this recipe recently and thought I'd share. I'm not a huge frosting fan, and I do love easy recipes, so this is the perfect rich and decadent cupcake to make, in my mind. Filling:1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened1/3 c. sugar1 egg1/8 tsp. salt1 c. chocolate chips1 c. peanut butter chips (or just use more chocolate if you want) Cupcakes:1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour1 c. sugar1/4 c. baking cocoa1 tsp. baking soda1/2 tsp. salt1 c. water1/3 c. vegetable oil1 Tbs. white vinegar1 tsp. vanilla In a bowl, beat cream cheese.
Add sugar, egg, salt. Mix well. Fold in chips. (Recipe copied from some cookbook at my mom's house a long time ago.) Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe | Hummingbird Bakery Red Velvet Cupcakes. Really good red velvet cupcakes are elusive to many. Some are dry, some are TOO fake-red red. And what’s the story behind red velvet cake (and cupcakes) anyway? After doing a little research, I found that while foods were rationed during war time, bakers used boiled beets to enhance the color of their cakes and to retain moisture. Red velvet cake was a signature dessert at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel during the 1920s, and was also well-known in the restaurants and bakeries of the Eaton’s department store chain in Canada during the 1940s and 1950s.
Many attribute the cake’s recent popularity to the film Steel Magnolias, in which the groom’s cake was a red velvet cake in the shape of an armadillo. So now, on to my history with red velvet. The next step, of course, was to make a great one at home. Good any time of year, especially around Valentine’s Day. One year ago: Soft Cheese and Pepperoni Bread. Earl Grey Shortbread.
Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies » Recipes » Cadbury Kitchen. Red, White, and Blueberry Tart. Nutella Chip Cookies with Homemade Nutella Chips. Last week, I innocently tweeted: Dear Nutella: I really think you should start selling Nutella baking chips. Seriously. They would rock. I don’t know what made me say that. Maybe because these Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies have been on my mind, and when I went to my cupboard to check if I had chocolate chips, I saw two jars of Nutella sitting right in front of the peanut butter.
Either way, I thought it would be really cool to bake chocolate chip cookies with Nutella baking chips. For my first attempt, I simply spread the Nutella on a sheet of foil and stuck it in the freezer. Well, apparently it isn’t that simple. So I decided to throw in some chocolate chips and butter along with the Nutella and gently melt everything together. I just kept mixing it until it looked smooth and glossy. Note: In a third attempt, I tried just mixing Nutella and butter and then freezing it. I’m no artist, I’ll tell you that.
This was the batch made with milk chocolate chips. Update! Irresistible Chocolate Chip Cookies. Mocha Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream Frosting. You’ll be happy to know that I have recovered from my epic kitchen fail, the oven is sparkling, and to celebrate I give you these amazing mocha cupcakes with espresso buttercream frosting. Plus, it’s Friday. And cupcakes are a perfect way to welcome the weekend with open arms. It’s been a crazy, messy, stormy week, and you deserve one. I might even go so far as to suggest that you should just skip your morning cup of coffee or trip to Starbucks and have one of these instead. The cupcakes themselves strike a subtle balance between light chocolate and a hint of creamy coffee. Not overwhelming on either end of the spectrum, and the combination results in a smooth, clean flavor, which is perfect for topping with espresso-spiked buttercream.
I’ve been trying a new method for making buttercream for cupcakes, and I think you’re going to love it as much as I do. Now, back to my baking disaster (sort of) for a moment. Nutella Stuffed French Toast. Absolutely beautiful Lauren is on Faces of Beauty today! Alright, no more of this Little Miss Innocent act. I know exactly what I’m doing here. I know that this could cause a Nutella crisis the likes of which puts the pumpkin shortage to shame. I know this, and I don’t care. I have to tell the world… I have to shout it from the rooftops!!! I don’t pretend to think that I’m the one who came up with this idea, although I didn’t consult any other recipes to make it. I like to think that by posting it I’ll be responsible for introducing world peace via breakfast. Nobel Peace Prize here I come! The best part of all is that the ingredient list is tiny, the flavor is huge, and the repercussions are monstrous.
Just think about it. NUTELLA STUFFED FRENCH TOAST (serves 2) 4 slices Texas Toast (get the good stuff, you’ll thank me later)2 eggs1/4 cup heavy cream1/8 cup powdered sugar4 Tbsp Nutellamaple syrup Preheat a nonstick skillet over medium low heat.