The Chewiest Chocolate Chip Cookies. You know that woman I talk about a lot? The one that my world revolves around? No, not Oprah. (Mom, forgive them.) My mother. Mames. Mumma. Mum. Ma. That woman. Well, she’s turning…Sorry, if I could just—ooone sec–I just need to grab my megaphone. To celebrate, I’ve baked her favorite chocolate chip cookies. So, Ma? Happy Birthday, Beautiful. I love you as deeply as I know how to feel. This is a warm, gooey, relentlessly chewy, brown sugar cookie with chocolate chips that break mid-bite and melt. My mom has baked fabulous chocolate chip cookies for as long as I can remember. The secrets to the perfect, chewiest chocolate chip cookie: Melting the butter makes the dough taste utterly deep and rich, almost like toffee, and ensures a chewy texture.Using mostly brown sugar.
I’m having two for the birthday girl. The Chewiest Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from Cooks Illustrated) Makes 24 extra large, unforgettable cookies Melt the butter in a small bowl in the microwave for one minute. Metric Chocolate Chip Cookies. Ingredients: 550 mL unsifted flour5 mL baking soda5 mL salt250 mL butter or margarine, softened175 mL granulated sugar175 mL firmly packed brown sugar5 mL vanilla extract2 eggs2 168 gram packages semisweet chocolate chips250 mL chopped nuts Preheat the oven to 190 ºC. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Makes 100 (5 cm) cookies. Chinese barbecue pork buns (char siu bao) recipe. Recipe: chinese char siu bao (barbecue pork buns) Fork. Stick it to me. I am done. Done with the frenzied holiday baking schedule! And just in case you might be racking your brain for a few ideas, I wanted to share some of the other items we tucked into the gift bags for Jeremy’s wonderful staff.
Supporting local businesses is pretty easy if you live in Boulder. We make a point of going to Savory Spice Shop on Pearl Street for creative and beautiful gifts. Cute little jars of two kinds of cheese sprinkles Just a few blocks east, we stopped by Atlas Purveyors so Jeremy could grab a latte (shopping makes him drowsy like… instantly) and pick a loose tea from their impressive selection. Citrus and floral Of course, we had to drop a mini bar of Chocolove into each bag. A few weeks ago I made a double batch of char siu pork and I’m sure some of you knew where that double batch was headed (I mean, besides mah belleh).
The revered bao it’s a lot of stuff, but comes together lickity split love! Fabulous Red Velvet Cake Recipe : Campfire Delight: 6-Layer Rich Malted-Chocolate Toasted Marshmallow Cake. There’s something about layer cakes that always brings me great comfort–from both making them and eating them. To me, layer cakes are baked bliss, truly. Don’t get me wrong, cupcakes are wonderful; cupcakes are sweet; cupcakes are darling (and perky), but they just aren’t layer cakes. Perhaps part of the glory of layer cakes is the intrigue of what’s beneath all of that swirled frosting, or the wonder of what fills the stacked layers under a perfectly composed exterior. Ever notice how layer cakes will offer one or two little hints as to what’s inside, without giving too much away?
Truth is, we never can tell, but as far as I’m concerned, I’m always ready to find out. So, please, brace yourself: this cake is possibly the most delicious cake I’ve ever made. 6 layers of dark, moist chocolate cake sandwiching alternating rich and fluffy frosting: satiny Belgian chocolate malted frosting and creamy toasted-marshmallow vanilla frosting with bits of actual crispy marshmallow in every bite.
Neapolitan Rose Cake. Super Chocolatey Biscuit Slice recipe. Shove It In Your Face: Brother and Sister Cakes. Purple Ombre Mini Cakes. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I wanted to create a special dessert that would be perfect to honor Moms. I made a Pink Ombre Swirl Cake last summer, and have been wanting to make another pretty ombre (layered color) cake ever since. This time, instead of one large cake, I made several mini cakes. I also left the outside unfrosted, to reveal the pretty layered colors of the cake itself.
Purple is often a color I think of for Moms, and it’s one of my favorites as well. This general ombre (layered color) concept could be done lots of different ways, and with most any color scheme. . ~ How to make Purple Ombre Mini Cakes ~ 1. My notes ~ I have a great go-to vanilla cake/cupcake recipe, but this time I used a box mix (Betty Crocker French Vanilla). 2. My notes ~ If you have 4 of the same sized round baking pans, then each bowl of colored batter should have equal amounts in it. 3. 4. 5. 6. Looking for more pretty Mother’s Day ideas? Cinco de Mayo piñata cookies. Video how-to: Pinata Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup sugar1 cup powdered sugar1 cup butter1 cup vegetable oil2 eggs1 teaspoon cream of tartar1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract1 teaspoon baking soda5 cups flour1 tablespoon vanillaMini M&M candies1/2 cup powdered sugar (frosting)2 teaspoons milk (frosting) Directions to make piñata sugar cookies: Cream sugars with butter.
Beat in eggs. Add oil. Split dough into five, even-sized balls and one smaller ball (this will be the black one). Use a container the same approximate width of your donkey/burro piñata cookie cutter, and line it with plastic food wrap. Cover the layered dough and freeze for four hours or overnight. Remove the dough from the container and unwrap from the plastic. Immediately after you take them out of the oven, use your burro piñata cookie cutter to cut the cookie shapes. Create the hidden pocket For the middle cookies in each set, cut off the ears and legs, and cut out the center where the M&Ms will go.