Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies OH BABY

I've been having a bad week...and it's only Monday so I decided to try something new. And nothing makes me smile like chocolate. The dough makes me weak in the knees...I feel like singing "so this is love Mmmmm, so this is love, so this is what makes life divine, I'm all aglow mmmm, and now I know the key to heaven is mine"

Ingredients

1 cup margarine

1 1/2 cups of white sugar ...or a cup of agave nectar

2 eggs

2 tea. vanilla

2 cups all purpose flour...or rice flour

2/3 cup cocoa powder...I used Dutch

3/4 tea. baking soda

1/4 tea. salt

2 c. semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 c. chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; stir into the butter mixture until well blended. Mix in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven or just until set. Cool slightly on the cookie sheet before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Yes I must admit I put a few chocolate chips in but not anywhere close to how much there is suppose to be. And I can't afford walnuts so they weren't added. Another bonus was that I had all of these ingredients laying around! And they're fast and easy.

Chocolate Crinkles

I got this recipe from Aunt Erin and Uncle Shay's shayanderincafe blog. Kate and I were needing some chocolate, I haven't had chocolate in ages and I'm having major withdrawals...

Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. sugar
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/2 c. vegetable oil
2 tea. baking powder
2 tea. vanilla
2 c. flour
powdered sugar

How to:
In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar, chocolate, oil, baking powder, and vanilla until blended. Beat in as much of the flour with the mixer as possible, then stir in the remaining flour. Cover and chill the cookie dough for 2 hours. (Or put it in the freezer for 10 minutes)
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar, coating well. Place balls of cookie dough about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes, until crackled appearance. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Sprinkle with more powdered sugar if desired. Makes about 48 cookies.

Tips:
We added a few chocolate chips just to make it even sweeter.

These are like little pieces of heaven...

Lemon Cake Bread and Glaze

Katy and I went to a wedding last night and they were serving lemon cupcakes, they looked and smelled sooo good! So we went home and decided we needed some lemony goodness too. Here's what we came up with: Glazed Lemon Cake Bread...yum

Lemon Cake Bread-makes 2 loaves

11/2 c. sugar (we used fake sugar, which is bad but all we had)

1/4 c. finely graed fresh lemon zest (Erin and Katy say it's really gross so we just ended up using lemon juice)

1 c. cooking oil-preferably canola

6 eggs

1 2/3 c. flour

2 tea. baking powder

1/4 tea. salt

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and lightly flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans. In large mixing bowl, beating sugar, grated zest, and canola oil. Beat for one minute at medium speed with electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in by hand the remaining ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir only until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake for 40-50 minutes. Do the toothpick test. Let cool for 10 minutes. Cool completely and place on wax paper before glazing (or don't just eat it!)

Side notes from Katy and Jacy: Do NOT add extra lemon juice to any of it! The batter probably won't look normal, don't taste it or try to fix it, just put it in the oven.

Glaze-makes about 1 1/2 cups

2 c.. sifted sugar

1 tea. vanilla extract

2 Tb. softened maragine or butter

3-4 Tb. lemon juice

1 tea. lemon zest

In medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients. Beat until mixture is a smooth consistency of a glaze. Drizzle over loaves.

ENJOY!

Hats off to Celiac Teen

This girl is amazing! Reading this made me want to cry of happiness! Someone understands! And thank heavens she's here to help! My newest super hero! Check out her website! www.celiacteen.com

Chewy Flourless Chocolate Cookies

1 3/4 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. Dutch process cocoa
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
1 c. coarsely chopped peacans or walnuts, toasted Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 300 F

2. Mix together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, and salt. Gradually add egg whites, stirring with a spoon until mixture forms a dough. (Mixture should be thick enough to form into balls; if not add more powdered sugar and cocoa) Add nuts; mix well.

3. Form dough into 15 balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 16-19 minutes, until glossy and crackled. Cool completely. Makes 15 cookies.

NEWS!!!

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Address:1596 N. Hill Field Rd. #B Layton UT 84041
Web: www.ieatglutenfree.com
Phone: 801-776-1330