Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

My husband and I finally went out on a date just the two of us about a week ago. That is a rare treat since we had our little boy. My husband's sister watched our boy that night so as a Thank-you, I baked these delicious cookies for them. I found this recipe at "Sisters' Cafe" and the cookies were soft and really tasty. I used butter and shortening and that was my first time using shortening in cookies. I thought the shortening brought out uniquely delicious flavor... But you may replace shortening with all butter. I had a couple, I couldn't resist. My 7-year-old nephew told me how much he loved these cookies so I was happy! :)

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
To view the original recipe, please click HERE. (You'll be redirected to Sister's Cafe blog)

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

My husband and I finally went out on a date just the two of us about a week ago. That is a rare treat since we had our little boy. My husband's sister watched our boy that night so as a Thank-you, I baked these delicious cookies for them. I found this recipe at "Sisters' Cafe" and the cookies were soft and really tasty. I used butter and shortening and that was my first time using shortening in cookies. I thought the shortening brought out uniquely delicious flavor... But you may replace shortening with all butter. I had a couple, I couldn't resist. My 7-year-old nephew told me how much he loved these cookies so I was happy! :)

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
To view the original recipe, please click HERE. (You'll be redirected to Sister's Cafe blog)

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

My husband and I finally went out on a date just the two of us about a week ago. That is a rare treat since we had our little boy. My husband's sister watched our boy that night so as a Thank-you, I baked these delicious cookies for them. I found this recipe at "Sisters' Cafe" and the cookies were soft and really tasty. I used butter and shortening and that was my first time using shortening in cookies. I thought the shortening brought out uniquely delicious flavor... But you may replace shortening with all butter. I had a couple, I couldn't resist. My 7-year-old nephew told me how much he loved these cookies so I was happy! :)

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
To view the original recipe, please click HERE. (You'll be redirected to Sister's Cafe blog)

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh these chocolate chocolate chip cookies are incredible! I've been trying to stay away from sweets but I couldn't resist these cookies... Okay, I love freshly baked cookies but these were actually better the next day. Is it weird? The texture got a lot softer the next day. I thought that was a little strange but I enjoyed them a lot! I've been trying to eat healthier lately so I felt a little guilty about eating these but I figured you've gotta satisfy your cravings before you go and eat a gallon of icecream all by yourself. :) That is my excuse. Ahh... now I'm craving these cookies again! Uh oh! :)

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Adapted from Food Network

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl stir together flour, salt, and baking soda. In another large bowl stir together butter, both sugars, eggs, vanilla and cocoa. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture and mix until combined. Stir chocolate chips and walnuts, if using, and stir to distribute evenly.

For cookies: Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake about 10 minutes. Cool on a baking rack.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh these chocolate chocolate chip cookies are incredible! I've been trying to stay away from sweets but I couldn't resist these cookies... Okay, I love freshly baked cookies but these were actually better the next day. Is it weird? The texture got a lot softer the next day. I thought that was a little strange but I enjoyed them a lot! I've been trying to eat healthier lately so I felt a little guilty about eating these but I figured you've gotta satisfy your cravings before you go and eat a gallon of icecream all by yourself. :) That is my excuse. Ahh... now I'm craving these cookies again! Uh oh! :)

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Adapted from Food Network

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl stir together flour, salt, and baking soda. In another large bowl stir together butter, both sugars, eggs, vanilla and cocoa. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture and mix until combined. Stir chocolate chips and walnuts, if using, and stir to distribute evenly.

For cookies: Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake about 10 minutes. Cool on a baking rack.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh these chocolate chocolate chip cookies are incredible! I've been trying to stay away from sweets but I couldn't resist these cookies... Okay, I love freshly baked cookies but these were actually better the next day. Is it weird? The texture got a lot softer the next day. I thought that was a little strange but I enjoyed them a lot! I've been trying to eat healthier lately so I felt a little guilty about eating these but I figured you've gotta satisfy your cravings before you go and eat a gallon of icecream all by yourself. :) That is my excuse. Ahh... now I'm craving these cookies again! Uh oh! :)

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Adapted from Food Network

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl stir together flour, salt, and baking soda. In another large bowl stir together butter, both sugars, eggs, vanilla and cocoa. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture and mix until combined. Stir chocolate chips and walnuts, if using, and stir to distribute evenly.

For cookies: Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake about 10 minutes. Cool on a baking rack.

Chocolate Mousse Cake

This mousse cake is amazing! I have to confess though... I didn't make this. My husband surprised me with this delicious and beautiful chocolate mousse cake on my birthday! He asked me what cake I wanted and instead of saying the usual cake that I like to eat (Betty Crocker with coconut and chocolate frostings), I said "chocolate mousse cake"! My husband was surprised that I wanted something different than the usual one that I always have, because I am the type of person who likes to order the same thing off the menu every time we go out to a restaurant. He gladly made this cake for me, bless his heart! :)

My husband and I both agreed, though, that this cake tastes much, much better when it is frozen. It wasn't "amazing" when we had it when it'd been in the refrigerator for three hours. It was much better the next day when it was frozen because the mousse wasn't overly creamy and the cake was also more set and tastier. So we recommend that you make this cake a day ahead before the special event!

The pictures didn't turn out as good as the cake tasted but sometimes dark chocolate cakes don't photograph well so I apologize. But if you are a mousse cake fan, you should definitely try this recipe. To get the full recipe, please click HERE.

P.S. So Valentine's day is on Sunday. Any special plans for the day? Happy Valentine's day!!

Chocolate Mousse Cake

This mousse cake is amazing! I have to confess though... I didn't make this. My husband surprised me with this delicious and beautiful chocolate mousse cake on my birthday! He asked me what cake I wanted and instead of saying the usual cake that I like to eat (Betty Crocker with coconut and chocolate frostings), I said "chocolate mousse cake"! My husband was surprised that I wanted something different than the usual one that I always have, because I am the type of person who likes to order the same thing off the menu every time we go out to a restaurant. He gladly made this cake for me, bless his heart! :)

My husband and I both agreed, though, that this cake tastes much, much better when it is frozen. It wasn't "amazing" when we had it when it'd been in the refrigerator for three hours. It was much better the next day when it was frozen because the mousse wasn't overly creamy and the cake was also more set and tastier. So we recommend that you make this cake a day ahead before the special event!

The pictures didn't turn out as good as the cake tasted but sometimes dark chocolate cakes don't photograph well so I apologize. But if you are a mousse cake fan, you should definitely try this recipe. To get the full recipe, please click HERE.

P.S. So Valentine's day is on Sunday. Any special plans for the day? Happy Valentine's day!!

Chocolate Mousse Cake

This mousse cake is amazing! I have to confess though... I didn't make this. My husband surprised me with this delicious and beautiful chocolate mousse cake on my birthday! He asked me what cake I wanted and instead of saying the usual cake that I like to eat (Betty Crocker with coconut and chocolate frostings), I said "chocolate mousse cake"! My husband was surprised that I wanted something different than the usual one that I always have, because I am the type of person who likes to order the same thing off the menu every time we go out to a restaurant. He gladly made this cake for me, bless his heart! :)

My husband and I both agreed, though, that this cake tastes much, much better when it is frozen. It wasn't "amazing" when we had it when it'd been in the refrigerator for three hours. It was much better the next day when it was frozen because the mousse wasn't overly creamy and the cake was also more set and tastier. So we recommend that you make this cake a day ahead before the special event!

The pictures didn't turn out as good as the cake tasted but sometimes dark chocolate cakes don't photograph well so I apologize. But if you are a mousse cake fan, you should definitely try this recipe. To get the full recipe, please click HERE.

P.S. So Valentine's day is on Sunday. Any special plans for the day? Happy Valentine's day!!

Chocolate Chip Pecan Brownie Cake

The weekend is here! I'll be celebrating my birthday this weekend. I'm not sure what we'll do but hopefully something fun. What is your plan for the weekend?

I made these brownies last weekend and it was fabulous! I'll admit. I am not a huge fan of brownies, at least the really heavy and thick kind... I do like moist and almost cake-like brownies. Like this one. I added about 2 tablespoons of milk to the batter and it turned out so moist but still rich in flavor. This one is packed with my favorite ingredients; such as chocolate chips and pecans! You can replace the pecans with walnuts, if you'd like. My husband is allergic to walnuts. But the nuts and chocolate chips gave these brownies such a great texture and yummy flavor. I would definitely make it again. My husband loved it so much that he rejected my idea of taking the leftovers to his work for everyone. Apparently he didn't like the idea of sharing it with other people. :)

Chocolate Chip Pecan Brownie Cake

Printable Recipe

Ingredients: 

1/4 cup butter
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2/3 cup chocolate chips
1/3 cup pecans or walnuts
2 tablespoons milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch round cake pan.

Melt the butter over low heat. Pour into large mixing bowl and stir in cocoa powder, sugar, salt, flour, and vanilla. Mix in eggs, chocolate chips, pecans, and milk. Spread the dough evenly into the cake pan.

Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before cutting.

Chocolate Chip Pecan Brownie Cake

The weekend is here! I'll be celebrating my birthday this weekend. I'm not sure what we'll do but hopefully something fun. What is your plan for the weekend?

I made these brownies last weekend and it was fabulous! I'll admit. I am not a huge fan of brownies, at least the really heavy and thick kind... I do like moist and almost cake-like brownies. Like this one. I added about 2 tablespoons of milk to the batter and it turned out so moist but still rich in flavor. This one is packed with my favorite ingredients; such as chocolate chips and pecans! You can replace the pecans with walnuts, if you'd like. My husband is allergic to walnuts. But the nuts and chocolate chips gave these brownies such a great texture and yummy flavor. I would definitely make it again. My husband loved it so much that he rejected my idea of taking the leftovers to his work for everyone. Apparently he didn't like the idea of sharing it with other people. :)

Chocolate Chip Pecan Brownie Cake

Printable Recipe

Ingredients: 

1/4 cup butter
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2/3 cup chocolate chips
1/3 cup pecans or walnuts
2 tablespoons milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch round cake pan.

Melt the butter over low heat. Pour into large mixing bowl and stir in cocoa powder, sugar, salt, flour, and vanilla. Mix in eggs, chocolate chips, pecans, and milk. Spread the dough evenly into the cake pan.

Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before cutting.

Chocolate Chip Pecan Brownie Cake

The weekend is here! I'll be celebrating my birthday this weekend. I'm not sure what we'll do but hopefully something fun. What is your plan for the weekend?

I made these brownies last weekend and it was fabulous! I'll admit. I am not a huge fan of brownies, at least the really heavy and thick kind... I do like moist and almost cake-like brownies. Like this one. I added about 2 tablespoons of milk to the batter and it turned out so moist but still rich in flavor. This one is packed with my favorite ingredients; such as chocolate chips and pecans! You can replace the pecans with walnuts, if you'd like. My husband is allergic to walnuts. But the nuts and chocolate chips gave these brownies such a great texture and yummy flavor. I would definitely make it again. My husband loved it so much that he rejected my idea of taking the leftovers to his work for everyone. Apparently he didn't like the idea of sharing it with other people. :)

Chocolate Chip Pecan Brownie Cake

Printable Recipe

Ingredients: 

1/4 cup butter
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2/3 cup chocolate chips
1/3 cup pecans or walnuts
2 tablespoons milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch round cake pan.

Melt the butter over low heat. Pour into large mixing bowl and stir in cocoa powder, sugar, salt, flour, and vanilla. Mix in eggs, chocolate chips, pecans, and milk. Spread the dough evenly into the cake pan.

Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before cutting.

Cookie Dough Truffles

Yum. Yum. Yum! Do you like cookie dough? I do! I love it! Whenever I make chocolate chip cookies, I just have to have a bite of cookie dough. I know, raw eggs... Yikes! Well, that's just risk I'm willing to take, I guess. Okay, so these cookie dough truffles? I'll tell you. No raw eggs whatsoever! So no worries there. And it tastes just like normal cookie dough. The secret ingredient is a can of sweetened condensed milk. Oh it gives such a great flavor to these delectible truffles! I love making these because they are different from normal creamy chocolate truffles although I love those too! My mother-in-law has the best truffle recipe but unfortunately it is a family secret recipe so she will probably kill me if I shared it with you all on here... Anyway, back to these cookie dough truffles: They are very easy to make. I'd definitely use dipping chocolate to dip the cookie dough. I've tried using normal melted semisweet chocolate chips... Well, it works but not very pretty. This recipe won the Grand Prize on "Taste of Home" magazine back in Jan 2005. So you know it's good. :)

Cookie Dough Truffles

Adapted from "Taste of Home"

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour (*You may need more flour than this. I added about 1/4 cup more because the dough was a little too sticky.)
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (*I used normal size chocolate chips)
(Optional) 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 pounds semisweet chocolate candy coating, chopped or dipping chocolate

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour, milk and vanilla; mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Shape into 1-in. balls; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Loosely cover and refriderate for 1-2 hours or until firm. (*I put them in the freezer for about 40 minutes and that worked well, too.)

In a mixrowave-safe bowl, melt candy coating, stirring often until smooth. Dip balls in coating; place on waxed paper-lined baing sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. If desired, remelt remaining candy coating and drizzle over candies. Store in the refrigerator.

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Cookie Dough Truffles

Yum. Yum. Yum! Do you like cookie dough? I do! I love it! Whenever I make chocolate chip cookies, I just have to have a bite of cookie dough. I know, raw eggs... Yikes! Well, that's just risk I'm willing to take, I guess. Okay, so these cookie dough truffles? I'll tell you. No raw eggs whatsoever! So no worries there. And it tastes just like normal cookie dough. The secret ingredient is a can of sweetened condensed milk. Oh it gives such a great flavor to these delectible truffles! I love making these because they are different from normal creamy chocolate truffles although I love those too! My mother-in-law has the best truffle recipe but unfortunately it is a family secret recipe so she will probably kill me if I shared it with you all on here... Anyway, back to these cookie dough truffles: They are very easy to make. I'd definitely use dipping chocolate to dip the cookie dough. I've tried using normal melted semisweet chocolate chips... Well, it works but not very pretty. This recipe won the Grand Prize on "Taste of Home" magazine back in Jan 2005. So you know it's good. :)

Cookie Dough Truffles

Adapted from "Taste of Home"

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour (*You may need more flour than this. I added about 1/4 cup more because the dough was a little too sticky.)
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (*I used normal size chocolate chips)
(Optional) 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 pounds semisweet chocolate candy coating, chopped or dipping chocolate

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour, milk and vanilla; mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Shape into 1-in. balls; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Loosely cover and refriderate for 1-2 hours or until firm. (*I put them in the freezer for about 40 minutes and that worked well, too.)

In a mixrowave-safe bowl, melt candy coating, stirring often until smooth. Dip balls in coating; place on waxed paper-lined baing sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. If desired, remelt remaining candy coating and drizzle over candies. Store in the refrigerator.

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Cookie Dough Truffles

Yum. Yum. Yum! Do you like cookie dough? I do! I love it! Whenever I make chocolate chip cookies, I just have to have a bite of cookie dough. I know, raw eggs... Yikes! Well, that's just risk I'm willing to take, I guess. Okay, so these cookie dough truffles? I'll tell you. No raw eggs whatsoever! So no worries there. And it tastes just like normal cookie dough. The secret ingredient is a can of sweetened condensed milk. Oh it gives such a great flavor to these delectible truffles! I love making these because they are different from normal creamy chocolate truffles although I love those too! My mother-in-law has the best truffle recipe but unfortunately it is a family secret recipe so she will probably kill me if I shared it with you all on here... Anyway, back to these cookie dough truffles: They are very easy to make. I'd definitely use dipping chocolate to dip the cookie dough. I've tried using normal melted semisweet chocolate chips... Well, it works but not very pretty. This recipe won the Grand Prize on "Taste of Home" magazine back in Jan 2005. So you know it's good. :)

Cookie Dough Truffles

Adapted from "Taste of Home"

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour (*You may need more flour than this. I added about 1/4 cup more because the dough was a little too sticky.)
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (*I used normal size chocolate chips)
(Optional) 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 pounds semisweet chocolate candy coating, chopped or dipping chocolate

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour, milk and vanilla; mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Shape into 1-in. balls; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Loosely cover and refriderate for 1-2 hours or until firm. (*I put them in the freezer for about 40 minutes and that worked well, too.)

In a mixrowave-safe bowl, melt candy coating, stirring often until smooth. Dip balls in coating; place on waxed paper-lined baing sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. If desired, remelt remaining candy coating and drizzle over candies. Store in the refrigerator.

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Christmas Treats for you! Let's start out with some Fudge...

This last weekend was just crazy! Let me tell you what I was up to this weekend, starting Friday. So there's something you should know about me. I. Hate. Shopping. You read it right. I really do hate shopping. You'll know I'm telling you the truth when you see my closet. I don't really have a lot of clothes or shoes or cute jewelry. If there is one thing that I don't like about holiday seasons, it would be shopping for Christmas. So I put it off and put it off and finally went to the mall and got some presents for my hub and cub. I don't think I even have any money left for groceries.... I guess we'll just have to eat bread and drink lots of water...

On Saturday, I went and got all the ingredients I needed for treats... This year, I'm not doing gifts for anyone  other than my hub and cub. Well, not "buying" gifts is more correct. So I decided to make treats for friends and family. I must have made about 6 different kinds of treats. I made 10 plateful treats and some more for hub's work. So silly me, I thought making those treats won't be too much work... Boy, was I wrong?? I ended up staying up until 2:30 am finishing up all the stuff! I was exhausted from baking and making fudge and dipping truffles all day and all night! I now have a new respect for bakers. Gosh, I'm not so sure if I will ever be able to bake standing up all day. I'd die!

Okay, no more whining, I promise. Today, I delivered all the plates to my friends and family. Some I barely know, some I'm close with, family with wild teenagers with crazy appetite (they got two plates thank goodness). Just driving around the town delivering the plates took us about 2 hours! Crazy, huh? But I loved it! It was actually my favorite part about all this experience! It was so wonderful to see their faces light up as they saw the treats. It was definitely worth staying up late making all those sweets!

 Today, I would like to share with you some fudge recipes that I made. I made four different kinds. They are super easy to make them. If I'd known how easy it was to make, I would've made it way more often!

Please click on the pictures for printable recipes. These fudges were fantastic! The first recipe, "Peanut Butter Fudge" is amazing in its simplicity of ingredients and directions. The recipe comes from "All Recipes"

This famous fudge recipe was changed from Costco's "Cooking in Style" fudge recipe. I used marshmallow cream and almonds to really make this fudge the way I love! The almonds really adds a great texture and flavor to this amazing chocolate fudge.

This two layer fudge is definitely a great combination of chocolate and white fudge! I adapted the divine divinity fudge recipe from Emeril's recipe and fantasy recipe from my father-in-law's. They are both fantastic recipes! While the divinity fudge has a nice, firm texture, the fantasy fudge has a smooth and creamy texture. And surprisingly when they are layered together, every bite is interesting and fabulous!

More recipes are coming your way from "My Fabulous Recipes" Keep checking back for more truffles, cookies, and brownies recipes this week! I'm so excited to share them with you. Sweet holidays!

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