What is it about certain foods that just make you feel better? Comforted? At home?
Tonight the hubby is sick and so I made homemade chicken noodle soup and chocolate chip cookies.
After eating next to nothing all day, he ate nearly a dozen cookies.
And he is feeling MUCH better. I'm telling you, chocolate chip cookies have magic power.
Here's my favorite recipe, straight from the ghiardehlli package.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1.5 cups brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp Vanilla extract
2.25 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
.5 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips ( I prefer ghiardhelli double chocolate)
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350•f. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
2. Beat butter and sugar on high until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat until well mixed.
3. Slowly incorporate flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until just combined and add in chocolate chips.
4. Using 1 inch cookie scoop, scoop out cookies. Bake in preheated oven for 7-8 minutes. Allow to cool on wire rack.
And just know, these will somehow never be as amazing as my moms chocolate chip cookies.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Oreo Truffles
This cookie is so rich and so easy to make it's sinful. There is no need for a long introduction. Simply, roll and indulge.
Ingredients:
2 18 oz packages of Double Stuff Oreos (R)
2 8 oz packages Cream Cheese, softened
3 lbs White Chocolate Candy discs (easiest to find at Michael's stores)
1/2 pound dark chocolate morsels or bar of dark chocolate
Method:
1. In the bowl of a food processor, crush the cookies until they become fine, almost like flour.
2. Place crushed oreos in the bowl of a mixer, and slowly beat in the cream cheese. The dough will be soft. Place it in the refrigerator for an hour to chill.
3. Pinch off 1 inch of dough at a time and roll into a ball. Set on a baking sheet lined with parchment. As each sheet fills, place it in the freezer for at least an hour.
4. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, 30 seconds at a time, stirring thoroughly each time. When the chocolate is thin and smooth, it is ready to dip. Using a plastic fork with the center tines removed, dip each frozen truffle in the white chocolate. Place it on another baking sheet lined with parchment. When the sheet is full, place it back in the freezer for about an hour.
5. When the white chocolate is hardened, remove from the freezer and melt the dark chocolate 30 seconds at a time in the microwave, stirring thoroughly each time. When the chocolate is thin and smooth, it is ready to drizzle. Drizzle dark chocolate over truffles. Keep truffles chilled until ready to serve.
Nutritional Info: based on an approximate yield of 150 truffles
Ingredients:
2 18 oz packages of Double Stuff Oreos (R)
2 8 oz packages Cream Cheese, softened
3 lbs White Chocolate Candy discs (easiest to find at Michael's stores)
1/2 pound dark chocolate morsels or bar of dark chocolate
Method:
1. In the bowl of a food processor, crush the cookies until they become fine, almost like flour.
2. Place crushed oreos in the bowl of a mixer, and slowly beat in the cream cheese. The dough will be soft. Place it in the refrigerator for an hour to chill.
3. Pinch off 1 inch of dough at a time and roll into a ball. Set on a baking sheet lined with parchment. As each sheet fills, place it in the freezer for at least an hour.
4. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, 30 seconds at a time, stirring thoroughly each time. When the chocolate is thin and smooth, it is ready to dip. Using a plastic fork with the center tines removed, dip each frozen truffle in the white chocolate. Place it on another baking sheet lined with parchment. When the sheet is full, place it back in the freezer for about an hour.
5. When the white chocolate is hardened, remove from the freezer and melt the dark chocolate 30 seconds at a time in the microwave, stirring thoroughly each time. When the chocolate is thin and smooth, it is ready to drizzle. Drizzle dark chocolate over truffles. Keep truffles chilled until ready to serve.
Nutritional Info: based on an approximate yield of 150 truffles
- Calories 115,
- Protein (gm) 2,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 13,
- Fat, total (gm) 7,
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