Deep-Dish Chocolate Chip Cookie for One By Lauren Zembron, on July 20th, 2012 I know, I know… it seems as though I’ve been posting sweet recipe after sweet recipe (with a little something cheesy thrown in); but you see, after what seemed like a long time during which sweets were unappealing during my first trimester, (what can I say, pregnancy does some strange things to your body!), they’re apparently back with a vengeance on my appetite’s menu. Sooooo if you’re a sweet freak like me, all I can say about my recent recipe post pattern is: you’re welcome. And if you’re not? Now let’s get to this deep-dish cookie. Jenny from Picky Palate recently posted a recipe for a microwavable chocolate chip cookie made in a ramekin that looked so unbelievably delicious I had to make my own (slightly healthier) version. I cut out half of the sugar, subbed in whole wheat pastry flour, and used grain-sweetened chocolate chips (which have less sugar than semi-sweet chips). Now I’m under no delusion that even my version is healthy.
- StumbleUpon Chocolate chips, oats, and caramel…is there any better combination? These cookie bars are so decadent and delicious! I recently received a cookbook filled with Pillsbury Bake-Off recipes. Ingredients: 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated chocolate chip cookies 1 cup quick-cooking oats 2/3 cup cup caramel ice cream topping 5 tbsps all purpose flour 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 cup walnuts 1 cup chocolate chips Directions: Heat oven to 350°F. Tagged as: caramel, chocolate chips, cookie bars, oats, Pillsbury Bake-off, walnuts Toasted Marshmallow Squares I stand before you with a giant smile on my face. I imagine that rainbows and shooting stars light up the sky behind me. I imagine I have the ability to summon a parade of ponies and sea horses… that’s how (humbly) excited I am about these cookie squares. They’re so simple: vanilla bean crust, cherry jam, and toasted marshmallows. The possibilities with these cookie squares are endless, and yours to create. However you fancy, I promise that when you make these squares, you’ll feel like summoning the pony parade. And… GO! My favorite kind of dough is a press-in situation. Dough is simply sprinkled with with flour and pressed with clean fingers into the four corners of the pan. So satisfying. Totally like adult play-doh. Adult play-doh that turns into a giant cookie! This is a shortbread-ish cookie, thought it’s softer and more chewy. This is the part when the spreadables come in. This might be the part where you start yelling. Why did you use jam and not Nutella!? So cherry jam it is! Now.
The Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies - StumbleUpon Now, I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I swear by. I love it, I think it is incredible, and I haven’t changed my mind about that. However, as much as it pains me to say it, these chocolate chip cookies by Jacques Torres are absolutely, without a doubt, the best chocolate chip cookies that I have ever made or tasted in my entire life. I guess that’s why they call him Mr. Chocolate! These are a chocolate chip cookie of another color, that’s for sure. Either way, I made these and everyone that tried them went nuts. Edit: For more Jacques Torres deliciousness, check out my Jacques Torres Chocolate Mudslide Cookies! Your ingredients. Whisk together the cake flour, bread flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Beat together the butter and sugars, until light and fluffy, at least 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla. Add in the flour mixture, very gradually, until just moistened. Fold in your chocolate. Author: The Crepes of Wrath Prep time: Cook time:
Toffee White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies I love oatmeal cookies and I think they’re perfect for the holiday season. They’re very versatile; you can add almost any combination of things to them. I decided that toffee and white chocolate chips pair together really well, so I thought, why not throw them into some oatmeal cookies? The toffee melts a bit while it bakes, mixing in with the rich white chocolate chips and soft, chewy oatmeal cookie base, which has a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg and set aside. Beat together the butter and sugars, then add in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Add in the flour gradually. Fold in the oats, then the white chocolate chips and toffee bits. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased and/or lined baking sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden and set. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for a bit before moving to another surface to finish cooling. Enjoy! Toffee White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Cook time: Total time:
French Garlic Soup Home >> Recipes Simple and healthy garlic soup from the Provence. I found this healthy French garlic soup in the Larousse de la cuisine des familles, presented as a family recipe from a Provence mama. Wicked way of roasting whole garlic heads. Start with 4 garlic heads - 1 per guest as a light main course. Pour a large glass olive oil inside an ovenproof dish and place each half garlic head flat in the oil. Roast the oven for about an hour or until the garlic is soft throughout and nicely browned. ... and free the remaining half-cloves. The bottom halved will require some help with a pointed half to free the half garlic cloves. Place all the garlic cloves in large pot.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars A little while ago I woke up with a deep yearning to make a cookie-like dessert that wasn’t a regular cookie. I was torn between making mini lemon meringue pies and making peanut butter and jelly bars. So I went over to the Framed Cooks Facebook page and asked folks to help me decide. The mini lemon meringue pies won in a landslide, and so that’s what I made that day, and if you’d like to take a look at these cute little pies, click here. However, the minority voters for the pb&j bars were passionately enthusiastic. Anyway, I couldn’t leave the pb&j fans hanging, and so please don’t tell the teenager, but I went ahead and made ‘em. Obviously, this recipe calls for both peanut butter and jelly, and I have strong feelings about both. (Don’t you just hate it when you are licking out the empty peanut butter jar and you can’t quite reach all the way to the bottom of it? As for the jam, there is only one jam for me in the entire world, and that is the jam from Stonewall Kitchen. Ingredients
The Brownie That Will Change Your Life - StumbleUpon Let me start off by saying that viewer discretion is advised for today’s post. OK now with the story that preludes possibly the greatest brownie I have ever sunk my teeth in thus far in my life. Last Saturday Mrs. Zesty had a baby shower to attend and she was designated for a dessert/sweet treat for the girls. Last week was a bit of a zoo and I think I forgot about prepping this dessert until Friday afternoon at work. I knew time was tight and I didn’t want to spend all night Friday night to prep a dessert. This recipe, I cannot take any credit for and nor will I try as it is compliments of Nestle Toll House and as you can see from the reviews…. Ingredients 1 pkg. (18.25 oz.) chocolate cake mix1 cup chopped nuts ( Optional )1 cup Evaporated Milk1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted35 (10-oz. pkg.) caramels, unwrapped2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Method Preheat oven to 350° F.Combine cake mix and nuts in large bowl. Drop remaining batter by heaping teaspoon over caramel mixture. Thanks zesty
Lemon melting moments « Itty Bitty Kitchen These rich zesty cookies certainly live up to their name and melt in your mouth. Lemon Melting Moments: 200g [7/8 cup, or approx 14 tablespoons] unsalted butter, room temperature1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 cup confectioners sugar1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup cornstarch1 teaspoon vanilla extractzest of one lemon Filling: 1 cup confectioners sugar50 [ 1/4 cup, or approx 3.6 tablespoons] grams unsalted butter, room temperaturejuice of one lemon Please note: Comments have been left stating an extra 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar was required for a thicker icing sugar. Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius / 300 F. In a large bowl cream the butter, salt and sugar until light and fluffy on a medium setting, roughly 3 minutes. Take small portions of the mixture and roll into balls, continue until you have 25-30 (I made mine quite large, I ended up with roughly 23) pieces. Place them on a baking tray lined with wax paper, gently press on each piece with a fork until it has left an imprint.
2-Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie For One « Recipe This is one of those ‘I-need-a-cookie-right-now-or-I-die’ recipes that can be prepared in almost no time.We all know that kind of situation, don’t we? I definitely do, I confess.And you know what? This impressive cookie not only takes less than 5 minutes to prepare, it tastes really delicious. Just like a good chocolate chip cookie.The preparation is beyond easy… just have a look… First you need this stuff. 1. 2. 3. 4. Save a few for the top, if you wish to.5. Ta-dah! 6.
cherry brown butter bars + new video project I don’t know what’s happening to me — maybe it’s third trimester dwindling energy levels and an accompanying desire to get the most bang from my feeble bursts of productivity — but all of a sudden, I find myself saying that I don’t want to cook this thing or that because it’s not practical. Practical! Who am I? Certainly not the girl who baked a wedding cake last summer in her tiny, overheated kitchen. Certainly not a person who has [shh, can't tell you]-making and a 12-layer cake on her summer cooking agenda. Take this recipe, for example. But really, at least for the kinds of summers I have — lots of rooftop barbecues and pot-luck parties — finger food always trumps things that need to be sliced and plated in the ease-of-use department. One year ago: Zucchini Strand SpaghettiTwo years ago: Everyday Yellow Dal Cherry Brown Butter Bars Adapted from Bon Appetit Makes 16 2-inch square bars (pictured), or 32 2×1-inch bars, if you, like me, prefer baked goods bite-sized
A brownie by any other name… Love brownies. Love their shiny, flaky top that shatters into micro-thin shards that shower onto your fingers as you eat. Love their dark, gooey center. Their “chocolate nirvana” flavor. Sometimes can’t deal with the bake, wait to cool, cutting into squares messiness and fuss of brownies. Every time I make these cookies (which, truth be told, is quite often), I think of a former colleague, Ana, who left King Arthur last year in order to be a full-time mom to her 2-year-old twins. The test kitchen bakers loved Ana. Ana still visits occasionally, 2-year-olds in tow. And when she does, she’ll invariably nose out any chocolate, and treat us to her classic reaction: “Perfect! These cookies are basically brownies: flat, round, 2 ½” brownies. First task: Combine the chocolate and butter. Melt in the microwave till softened… …then stir till smooth. Stir the chocolate into eggs and sugar, which you’ve beaten together. Refrigerate the batter for an hour; it’ll stiffen up nicely. Buy vs.
parisian strawberry tartlets Once I started making an effort to eat seasonally, I realized that apples were my best bet for a large part of the year. By the end of winter, I’m impatient for strawberries to kick off the farmer’s market season. I try to avoid apples in the spring and summer, because it’s nice to take a break when I can, and then I get to look forward to them in the fall. So I didn’t want to make the apple version of this dessert. This recipe is very easy. I made even miniaturer tarts too, each topped with a single raspberry, but those didn’t work quite as well. The tarts were great. Jessica has posted the recipe for this easy, tasty, impressive dessert that she chose for Tuesdays with Dorie. One year ago: Pita Bread