Callebaut. Untitled. In this industrialized world, most of us don’t know how this wonderful thing called chocolate is made.
Here’s how it’s done, from rain forest to table. The Cocoa Tree The cocoa tree, or Theobroma Cacao, is a tropical evergreen native to the Americas. It is a short tree that thrives in low light under a dense rainforest canopy. It bears white flowers and a colorful fruit called the cocoa pod, which grows directly from the trunk. The Cocoa Pod The cocoa pod is an elongated capsule-like shape with a hard shell and a seedy, pulpy interior. The Cocoa Bean The cocoa bean is technically the seed of the cocoa pod. Cocoa Nibs Nibs are the basis of what we know to be chocolate. Cocoa Liquor. Salted Mudslide Cookies. Cool people put salt on their cookies.
Really! I swear. It’s not scary. Be a cool person. Because cool people also put booze in their cookies. Mudslides were one of those drinks that I thought were insanely cool when I was 13 or 14 years old. A few summers ago at the beach, my uncle started blending mudslides one afternoon, changing up the typical bourbon/rum punch flow of the day. [You know... kind of like the time she thought Obama's name was "Omaha" for two weeks and asked every Sunday if we could take a quick stop at "Louie's" to looks at flowers. So Mother Lovett, mudslinger in hand, got her drank on while sitting approximately 5 inches from the big screen TV so she could adequately hear Dr.
By the time we came back up to our condos to get ready for dinner… she was MIA. Now I can’t ever drink a mudslide without thinking of Mother Lovett drunk as a skunk. But it’s 2011 people! The Jacques Torres Chocolate Mudslide Cookies. I had a fabulous time in San Diego at the BlogHer 2011 Conference, and the trip was made even sweeter by the fact that I placed as one of the Knorr 4 Challenge winners!
I am especially excited to report that I was voted “fan favorite” based on votes from the live audience and from my followers on Twitter. I want to express how thankful I am to all of the people who voted, retweeted, and supported me during the competition! I can’t wait to be an ambassador for Knorr and to share more recipes with you!
These cookies also have a fun story behind them. A few weeks ago, I posted the Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, which I now believe to be the best chocolate chip cookie recipe available. Your ingredients. Melt the 6 ounces of unsweetened chocolate and 16 ounces of bittersweet chocolate together, then set aside to cool for a bit. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Double Chocolate Almond Cookies - "Diving Into Decadence" Goooood Morning Folks and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!
Welcome to the beginning of the weekend! Well it is finally Friday. It has been one of those weeks where the weekend seemed like it would never come. It is definitely the perfect day for "Diving Into Decadence" where every Friday I will be bringing you an incredibly decadent dish to get your weekend going. Chocolate brownie cookies. Not more than a few days ago I had my Mother's Blessing.
The women in my life gathered to share their stories of motherhood and to give me strength (and many freezer meals) when the time comes that I too will experience the journey of birth. We talked and laughed over mugs of hot chocolate and bowls of plump, cerise strawberries. We each decorated our own gingerbread men with a rainbow of lollies and added our artistic touches to tiny white jumpsuits for the baby (thanks to Claudia for the wonderful idea). The end of the day was marked with a bead ceremony, where each woman gave a bead that represented them, along with their own blessing for the baby. Those beads now lie together in a bracelet, for my child to wrap their fingers around whenever they feel the need to be comforted by the love of all the women in its life.
My husband and I also gave a bead and the following blessing to our unborn child; I wish for you to find strength when days seem dark. Best Chocolate Drop Cookie Ever. My Great-Grandmother’s Recipe Delivers Moist Richness Who doesn’t like chocolate?
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