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Showing posts with label Chocolate Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chocolate Recipes. Show all posts

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies (T&T)


Source: Loosely adapted from Fishing for Compliments: A collection of Recipes from the Shedd Aquarium (Chicago), 1996

2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon each salt, baking soda and baking powder
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon each vanilla extract AND almond extract
1 cup slightly cooled MELTED butter, or
    combination of butter and margarine
2 (10 ounce) packages semisweet or milk chocolate chips,  (I use one package of each)
2 cups coarsely chopped toasted almonds (toasting intensifies the almond flavor - be sure nuts are completely cooled before stirring into the dough, or they'll melt the chips)!

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Set out two large nonstick cookie sheets. (Do NOT grease).
Mix the first four ingredients together.

In a separate mixing bowl, stir together the sugars, eggs, flavorings and melted butter. Gradually stir in the flour mixture, blending well. Then stir in the chips and almonds. Use a 1/3 cup capacity ice cream scoop to drop dough (or drop by heaping tablespoonsful) onto cookie sheets, allowing room for cookies to spread slightly. Bake, placing a single cookie sheet in the center of the preheated oven, for 15 to 18 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned and "just" set around the edges. (Cookies should still be somewhat soft in the middle - better to UNDER-BAKE slightly for soft, chewy cookies.)

Yield: 2 to 3 dozen large "bakery-shoppe" type cookies.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Hazelnut Or Almond Truffles

Hazelnut Or Almond Truffles 

2/3 cup finely ground toasted almonds or hazelnuts
7 T melted butter 3 oz. bittersweet chocolate
3 oz. milk chocolate
1 T Amaretto (for almond) or 1 T Frangelico (for hazelnut)
4 egg yolks
2/3 cup confectioner's sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp. almond extract


Makes about 30 truffles

Chop toasted nuts in a blender or food processor until finely chopped. Slowly drizzle in 3 tablespoons of melted butter and process till well mixed. Set aside.
Heat remaining 4 T of butter in a small saucepan until very hot and bubbly (be careful not to let it burn). Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Stir constantly until smooth and melted. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until foamy. Beat in the sugar gradually, add extracts and liquer and continue to beat until thick (see p[hoto). With mixer on slow to medium speed, gradually beat in the nut mixture, then gradually beat in the melted chocolate mixture. Beat until smooth and well mixed. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least thirty minutes or until firm

Place your choice of coating in a bowl. If you're going to have more than one, use separate bowls. Some possibel coating choices are: toasted coconut, chopped nuts, unsweetened cocoa, powdered chocolate, crushed Oreo® Cookies.
Scoop out a teaspoon full of the truffle mixture and, using your fingers, roll it into a ball. Work quickly as the heat of your hand will quickly start melting the chocolate. Drop ball in the coating bowl. Repeat the process until there are 4 or 5 balls in the coating bowl. Gently roll the truffles in the coating mixture and a sheet of waxed paper.

Wrap truffles in an air tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to ten days or in the freezer for up to a month.

Food Safety Note: Pregnant or nursing women, young children or any with an immune deficiency should not eat foods made with raw eggs.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Grand Marnier Truffles

Grand Marnier Truffles 

Makes about 30 truffles

4 T melted butter
 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
4 oz. milk chocolate, broken into small pieces
4 T Grand Marnier
 4 egg yolks
1 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tsp. orange extract


Heat butter in a small saucepan until very hot and bubbly (be careful not to let it burn). Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Stir constantly until smooth and melted. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until foamy. Beat in the sugar gradually, add extract and liquer and continue to beat until thick (see photo). With mixer on slow to medium speed, gradually beat in the melted chocolate mixture. Beat until smooth and well mixed. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least thirty minutes or until firm.

Place your choice of coating in a bowl. If you're going to have more than one, use separate bowls. Some possibel coating choices are: toasted coconut, chopped nuts, unsweetened cocoa, powdered chocolate, crushed Oreo® Cookies.

Scoop out a teaspoon full of the truffle mixture and, using your fingers, roll it into a ball. Work quickly as the heat of your hand will quickly start melting the chocolate. Drop ball in the coating bowl. Repeat the process until there are 4 or 5 balls in the coating bowl. Gently roll the truffles in the coating mixture and a sheet of waxed paper.
Wrap truffles in an air tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to ten days or in the freezer for up to a month.


Food Safety Note: Pregant or nursing women, young chilren or any with an immune deficieny should not eat foods made with raw eggs. 

Friday, October 10, 2014

Chocolate Candy Recipe

Chocolate Candy Recipe

10 1/2 oz Marshmallows
1/4 c Butter
1 c Coconut
1 1/4 c Semi sweet choc. chips
2 c Rice Crispies

Line a 13 X 9 pan with foil. Grease or spray with Pam. Combine marshmallows, butter, and chocolate in a microwavable bowl. Mike for 4-6 min. checking and stirring every 2 min. until melted. Stir in Rice Crispies and coconut. Spread in pan quickly using a buttered spatula. 

Chill. Cut into small bars, finger size. 
 

Friday, October 3, 2014

Chewy Chocolate Rolls

Chewy Chocolate Rolls

2 tb Butter
1/2 c Light corn syrup
2 oz Chocolate, melted
1 ts Vanilla
3/4 c Powered dry milk
1/4 ts Salt
3 c Confectioners' sugar

Mix together butter, syrup, chocolate, vanilla, powdered milk, and salt. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; mix and knead. Roll out in 3/4-inch rolls, cut into 2 1/2-inch lengths. Let stand for about one hour, then wrap in plastic wrap.

Makes about 18 rolls.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Brownie Pie

Brownie Pie Recipe

1 pk (21 oz.) brownie mix, prepared as directed
1 c Nuts, coarsely chopped
2 Frozen 8- or 9-inch pie shells

Add 1/2 cup nuts to prepared brownie mix. Pour mixture into 2 pie shells. Sprinkle remaining nuts on top. Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.

The brownie mixture should be slightly underdone. Serve hot or cold with mocha ice cream.

Serves 12.



Friday, July 25, 2014

Homade Babe Ruth Bars

Homade Babe Ruth Bars

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup white corn syrup
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
6 cups cornflakes cereal
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup peanuts

1 In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine
the peanut butter, corn syrup, brown sugar and
white sugar. Cook stirring occasionally until
smooth. Remove from heat and quickly mix in the
cornflakes, chocolate chips and peanuts until
evenly coated.
2 Press the entire mixture gently into a buttered
9x13 inch baking dish. Allow to cool completely
before cutting into bars.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Caramel Apples with Chocolate

Caramel Apples with Chocolate

1 piece of Styrofoam
1 apples
8 ice cream sticks
12 packages (14 oz each) creamy caramels
2 tbs. water
3/4 cup pistachios, chopped
8 foil cupcake liners
3 ounces semisweet chocolate

Place Styrofoam on a flat surface. Lightly coat baking sheet with cooking spray.
Remove stems from apples. Insert wooden stick into stem of each apple. Place caramels in saucepan. Add the water, heat stirring until caramels are melted.

Working quickly with one apple at a time, and keeping caramel over low heat, dip the apple into the caramel, turning to coat the apple, remove the apple from the caramel and gently shake. Pat pistachios onto top of apple, place on prepared sheet.

Refrigerate until caramel is cool.

Heat chocolate in top of double boiler, until melted. Drizzle chocolate over apples. Press apples sticks into Styrofoam. Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens. Remove from Styrofoam to foil cupcake liners

Makes 8 apples

Friday, July 18, 2014

Chocolate Anise Truffles

Chocolate Anise Truffles

Ingredients:
1/4 cup   Anise liquor
1/2 cup   butter
12 oz.    semi-sweet chocolate
2 cups    pulverized anisette cookies

Instructions:
In a double boiler melt the chocolate, constantly stirring with a wooden
spoon.  When the chocolate has melted, add the butter and slowly stir it
into the chocolate as it melts.  Continue to stir for another minute
until it is well mixed and smooth.  Add in the Rum and stir until well
mixed, then sprinkle in the pulvarized anisette cookies (a little at a
time, as sometimes it takes less) until the mixture is slightly
thickened but still smooth.  You want the mixture to remain as a thick
sauce at this point.

When you have thoroughly mixed in the anisettes, rest the top of your
double boiler in a bucket of ice and WHISK the truffle mixture slowly
until it has cooled (about 15 minutes).  Do not stop whicking or the
butter and rum will separate out of the chocolate-anisette.  When the
sauce is completely cooled it should have a soft but solid consistency
which you can then spoon out and form into truffles and coat with
chocolate powder or confectioners sugar.

Friday, July 4, 2014

Quick & Easy Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge

Quick & Easy Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
12 oz. peanut butter 1
4 oz. sweetened condensed milk

Makes approximately 42 pieces

In a 1-1/2 quart microwave-proof bowl, melt chocolate and peanut butter on high power for 3 minutes. Stir well. Add milk and stir until well blended. Pour mixture into 8x8 dish lined with waxed paper. Refrigerate to chill.

Friday, June 27, 2014

Triple Chocolate Fudge Recipe

Triple Chocolate Fudge Recipe

3 1/3 C sugar
1 C butter
1 C packed dark brown sugar
1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
32 large marshmallows, halved
2 cups (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
2 milk chocolate candy bars (7 oz each), broken
2 squares (1 oz each) semisweet baking chocolate, chopped
1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 C chopped pecans

Makes about 5 1/2 pounds

In a large saucepan, combine first four ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a rapid boil and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

 Remove from the heat and stir in marshmallows until melted. Stir in chocolate chips until melted. Add chocolate bars and baking chocolate and stir until melted. Fold in vanilla and pecans. Pour into a greased 15" x 10" x 1" baking pan.

Chill until firm. Cut into squares.

Friday, June 13, 2014

Cookies And Cream Truffles

Cookies And Cream Truffles

1 cup finely ground Oreo® Cookies
12 T melted butter
6 oz. white chocolate, broken into small pieces
5 egg yolks
1 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Makes about 40 truffles

Note: Pregnant or nursing women, young children or any with an immune deficiency should not eat foods made with raw eggs.

Chop cookies in a blender or food processor until finely chopped. Slowly drizzle in 6 tablespoons of melted butter and process till well mixed. Set aside.

Heat remaining 6 tablespoons of butter in a small saucepan until very hot and bubbly (be careful not to let it burn). Remove from heat and add the white chocolate. Stir constantly until smooth and melted. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until foamy. Beat in the sugar gradually, add vanilla and continue to beat until thick (see photo). With mixer on slow to medium speed, gradually beat in the cookie mixture, then gradually beat in the melted chocolate mixture. Beat until smooth and well mixed. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least thirty minutes or until firm.

Place your choice of coating in a bowl. If you're going to have more than one, use separate bowls. Some possibel coating choices are: toasted coconut, chopped nuts, unsweetened cocoa, powdered chocolate, crushed Oreo® Cookies.

Scoop out a teaspoon full of the truffle mixture and, using your fingers, roll it into a ball. Work quickly as the heat of your hand will quickly start melting the chocolate. Drop ball in the coating bowl. Repeat the process until there are 4 or 5 balls in the coating bowl. Gently roll the truffles in the coating mixture and a sheet of waxed paper.

Wrap truffles in an air tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to ten days or in the freezer for up to a month.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Strawberry Truffles

Strawberry Truffles

8 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
5 oz. white chocolate 4 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tsp. grated fresh ginger root 18 medium fresh strawberries
 1/4 cup finely minced crystallized ginger (get it in a gourmet food store or well stocked supermarket)
1/2 cup toasted coconut
1/2 cup finely chopped pistachio nuts

Makes about 18 truffles

Melt white choclate in the top of a double boiler, let cool.
Beat together the cream cheese, sugar and ginger root until smooth. Add melted white chocolate and mix well.

Chill for at least 1 hour or until easy to handle. Use a small melon baller (or small spoon) to scoop out the center of each strawberry, half way down each fruit. Pat strawberry dry. Put a little crystallized ginger into each strawberry. Shape the cheese mixture around the fruit. Coat one end in the toasted coconut, the other in the pistachio nuts.

Place truffles in candy cups and chill until serving time.

Denise Thompson's

Friday, June 6, 2014

White Chocolate Truffles Recipe

White Chocolate Truffles

1/4 C butter
1/2 C confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg yolk 8 oz. white chocolate, broken into small pieces
 1 C chopped blanched almonds, lightly toasted

Makes about 2 dozen truffles

Melt chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add sugar, egg yolk and almond extract; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Transfer to a shallow glass casserole dish. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.

Shape mixture into 1 inch balls. Roll in almonds. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours. Place in miniature foil cups at room temperature to serve. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Chocolate Vanilla Chip Biscotti

Chocolate Vanilla Chip Biscotti Recipe

2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/3 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
3 ts Baking powder
1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Brown sugar; packed
1/4 c Margarine or butter; softened
3 Eggs
1 c White vanilla chips

Heat oven to 350 degrees F

Spray 1 large or 2 small cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In med bowl, combine flour, cocoa and baking powder; mix well. In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and margarine; beat well. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in white vanilla chops. With spray coated hands, firmly shape dough into 3 rolls, about 7 inches long. Place rolls at least 3 inches aprat on sprayed cookie sheet; flatten each to form 3/4 inch thick rectangle, about 3 inches wide and 7 inches long.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 22-28 min or until rectangles are light golden brown and centers are firm to the touch.

Place rectangles on wire racks; cool 5 min. Wipe cooke sheet clean. With serrated knife, cut each rectangle into 1/2 inch slices; place, cut side up, on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 6-8 min or until top surface is slightly dry. Turn cookies over; bake an additional 6-8 min or until top surface is slightly dry. Remove cookies from cookie sheets; cool completely on wire racks.

Store tightly covered.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Chocolate Candy Bar

Chocolate Candy Bar

1 Envelope SF Hot Cocoa Mix
2 tb Cold water
2 tb Golden raisins; or -
1 ts Peanut butter; or
1 ts Chopped nuts

In small bowl stir cocoa mix with water. Save envelope that mix came in. Stir in raisins or peanut butter or nuts. Spoon mixture back into cocoa envelope. Fold over top and let stand against wall in bottom of freezer for about 4 hours.

When frozen peel off envelope and eat. Tastes like fudge.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Chewy Chocolate Orange Bars

Chewy Chocolate Orange Bars 

2 c Cake flour
3/4 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Quick-cooking oats
1 c Dark-brown sugar, packed
2 Egg whites
Raisin Puree
3/4 c Chopped bitttersweet chocolate
1/3 c Toasted walnuts, optional
1 tb Grated orange zest

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt into large bowl. Stir in oats and brown sugar. Beat egg whites lightly in another bowl. Stir in Raisin Puree. Stir into flour mixture along with chocolate, walnuts, and orange zest just until blended. Spoon in 9-inch-square baking pan sprayed with non-stick vegetable spray.

Bake at 350 degrees F. 25 to 30 minutes.

 Cool. Cut into 24 bars.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Chocolate Biscotti Recipe

Chocolate Biscotti Recipe

4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c Butter
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
3 lg Eggs
1 1/4 c Sugar
3 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 c Hazelnuts or walnuts; chop
1 Egg white; lightly beaten

Melt chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Beat eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer until frothy; gradually add sugar, beating until thick and pale (about 5 minutes). Add chocolate mixture, stirring until blended. Combine flour and baking powder; stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in nuts. Flour hands, and form dough into a 13" log. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush with egg white. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Cut log with a serrated knife crosswise into 24 (1/2-inch) slices, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350F for 10 minutes on each side. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Friday, March 14, 2014

French Chocolate Cake Recipe

French Chocolate Cake 

7 oz Semisweet chocolate
14 tb Butter or margarine
4 Eggs
3/4 c Sugar
1 c Flour
1/3 c Hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
1 ts Baking powder
Makes about 10 servings

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease a springform pan with detachable bottom that has a diameter of about 9 1/2 inches.

Melt cooking chocolate and butter in a thick-bottomed pot over low heat. Beat eggs and sugar until light and airy. Carefully stir the somewhat cooled chocolate mixture into egg mixture.
Blend flour, nuts, and baking powder together, and fold carefully into batter. It's important to fold it in gently.

Pour batter into pan and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. The cake should not become firm. The "unbaked" batter tastes like a delicious filling.

You may garnish cooled cake with a bit of grated chocolate and a ring of whipped topping.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars 

1 1/2 c Brown sugar, packed
1 c Shortening
2 tb Molasses
2 ts Vanilla
2 Whole egg
3 c Rolled oats
1 c Flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
3/4 c Nuts -- chopped
12 oz Semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 15 x 10 or 13 x 9 inch pan. In large bowl, beat brown sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add molasses, vanilla, and eggs; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in oats, flour, baking soda and salt; blend well. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until light golden brown and center is set. Cool slightly; cut into bars.

Serve warm or cool. 48 bars.