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Delicious Chocolate Chip Nut Brownies Recipe

Delicious Chocolate Chip Nut Brownies Recipe

What you need

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1cup cocoa power
  • 2 cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1 cup nuts [Pecans]

Other things you need

  • Mixing spoon
  • mixing bowl
  • Measuring spoons, cups
  • Pan
  • Oven
  • Oven Mite

What You Do

  1. Heat oven to 300°F.
  2. Grease an 8 x 8-inch pan and set aside.
  3. Beat butter, both sugars and vanilla in large bowl on MEDIUM speed until creamy. Beat in eggs.
  4. Blend in flour, baking soda and salt and cocoa power on LOW until mixed.
  5. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
  6. Put in pan cook for 22-30 minutes.
  7. Remove to wire racks and finish cooling
  8. Enjoy
Fun and Easy Recipes for Every Baker

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Monkey Bread

Serves 8
Prep time 10 minutes
Cook time: 2-3 hours

MONKEY BREAD is a knotty-looking loaf of sweet bread made from balls of dough coated with cinnamon, sugar, and melted butter. It’s traditionally served warm so that the sticky baked pieces can be pulled apart. The name “monkey” refers to how you eat this sweet treat-with your hands.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter,
  • melted and cooled
  • Vegetable oil spray
  • 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 teaspoons milk
  • 1 pound pizza dough, room temperature [store-bought]

Cooking Equipment

  • 3 small bowls
  • 8-inch round cake pan
  • Ruler
  • Kitchen shears
  • plastic wrap
  • Oven mitts
  • Cooling rack
  • Large plate
  • Spoon

What to do:

  1. In small bowl, stir together brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Place melted butter in second small bowl. Spray 8-inch round cake pan with vegetable oil spray.
  2. Spray counter lightly with vegetable oil spray.
  3. Place dough on greased counter and pat into 6-inch square. Use kitchen shears to cut dough into 36
  4. pieces roll each piece of dough into ball.
  5. Dip each ball in melted butter to coat, roll in brown sugar mixture, then place in greased pan.
  6. Cover bottom of pan with dough balls in single layer.
  7. Cover pans tightly with plastic wrap and leave in warm place until dough balls are puffy and have risen slightly (about 1/2 inch), 1 to 2 hours.
  8. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Discard plastic.
  9. Place pan in oven and bake until top of monkey bread is light golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
  10. Use oven mitts to remove monkey bread from oven (ask an adult to help).
  11. Place pan on cooling rack and let monkey bread cool for 5 minutes (no longer).
  12. Place large plate on top of pan. Ask an adult to carefully flip out monkey bread onto plate.
  13. Remove pan. Let cool for 10 minutes before glazing.
  14. In third small bowl, stir confectioners’ sugar and milk until smooth.
  15. Use spoon to drizzle glaze over monkey bread. Serve warm.

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Delicious Cookie Recipes: From Classic to Creative

Cookies

Cookies with peanuts / easy cookie

Cookies with chips

Cookie with nut, chips or fruit

Harder cookies to make

Holiday cookies

Other Cookie

  • Delicious Fortune Cookies Recipe with Sample Fortunes [coming soon]

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Quick and Delicious Applesauce Cake Baking Guide

SERVES 12
PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 55 MINUTES, PLUS COOLING TIME

INGREDIENTS:

  • Vegetable oil spray
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/4 cup apple cider or apple juice
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

COOKING EQUIPMENT

  • Aluminum foil
  • Ruler
  • 8-inch square metal baking pan
  • 3 bowls (1 medium, 1 large, 1 small)
  • Whisk
  • 1-tablespoon measuring spoon
  • Rubber spatula
  • Toothpick
  • Oven mitts
  • Cooling rack
  • Cutting board
  • Chef’s knife

Directions:

  1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Line the pan with aluminum foil. Make sure to leave some over the edge going all four directions. This will allow you to lift the cake out of the pan when it is ready.
  3. Spray foil lightly with vegetable oil spray.
  4. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
  5. In large bowl, whisk sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg until well combined. Transfer 2 tablespoons sugar-spice mixture to small bowl and reserve for sprinkling.
  6. Add applesauce, melted butter, cider, egg, and vanilla to large bowl with sugar-spice
    mixture and whisk until well combined.
  7. Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture and whisk to combine. Use rubber spatula to
    scrape batter into greased baking pan and smooth top.
  8. Sprinkle reserved sugar-spice mixture evenly over batter.
  9. Place baking pan in oven. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean- about 35 to 40 minutes.
  10. Use oven mitts to remove baking pan from oven (ask an adult for help). Place baking pan on cooling rack and let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes.
  11. Use foil to carefully lift cake out of baking pan and place on cooling rack.
  12. Let cake cool for at least 30 minutes before serving. Transfer cake to cutting board and discard foil.
  13. Cut into pieces and serve.

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Delicious Dessert Recipes: Pies, Tarts, and Cobblers

Pies, tarts, and cobblers are great. Here are some great recipes to get you started.

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Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Pie Recipe

Ingredients
CRUST

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup cake flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup ice water
  • 1 cup butter-flavored Crisco, frozen and cut into small pieces
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

    FILLING
  • 1 cup baked sweet potato (peeled), packed
  • 3 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 6 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled

Direction

  1. For the crust:
    • In food processor, combine the flours and salt.
    • Add the shortening pieces and pulse until dough resembles coarse crumbs.
    • Set aside. In a small bowl, beat together the egg, vinegar, and water.
    • Add egg mixture to the flour mixture and combine with a fork, just until the dough comes together
    • Do not over mix. Form dough into 2 discs, wrap in plastic, and chill for at least one hour overnight.
    • Roll out one piece of pie crust into a 12-inch circle.
    • Fit into a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan and flute edges.
    • Reserve 2nd piece of dough for another time by freezing it.
  2. For the filling:
    • Preheat oven to 350°F. Mash sweet potatoes.
    • Add all the other ingredients to sweet potatoes and mix with mixer until smooth.
    • Pour into pie shell.
    • Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until set.
    • Remove from oven.
    • Cool completely.
    • Garnish with whipped cream.

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Delicious Pumpkin Walnut Pie Recipe

INGREDIENTS

CRUST

  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ sticks (3/4 cup) cold unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup cold Crisco shortening
  • 4 to 6 tablespoons ice water

Filling

  • 2/3 cup golden brown sugar, packed
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1½ cups canned solid-packed pumpkin
  • 2 tablespoons mild-flavored (light) molasses
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup whipping cream

TOPPING

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar

Decoration (Optional)

  • 1 cup whipping cream plus
  • 3 tablespoons powdered sugar

Directions

  1. For the crust:
    • In a food processor, add flour and salt. Pulse to mix.
    • Add cold butter and Crisco, which have been cut into small pieces.
    • Pulse 6 to 8 times until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small pea-size butter lumps.
    • Drizzle 4 tablespoons ice water evenly over mixture and pulse 3 to 4 times more until dough holds together.
    • Add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough holds together.
    • Form into 2 balls, and then flatten each into a disc.
    • Wrap discs separately in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
    • On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out one piece of dough into a 10-inch round (about ½ inch thick).
    • Fit a 9-inch pie plate with one piece of dough and flute edges. Refrigerate (or freeze) while preparing filling. Reserve 2nd piece of dough for another time by freezing it.
  2. For the filling:
    • Place baking sheet in oven and preheat to 450°F.
    • Whisk brown sugar, sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and ginger together in large bowl to blend .
    • Whisk in pumpkin, molasses, eggs, and whipping cream. Pour mixture into frozen crust.
    • Place pie on preheated baking sheet in oven. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 325°F and bake until sides puff and center is just set, about 40 minutes.
    • Cool completely. Preheat broiler. Prepare Walnut Crunch topping.
  3. For the walnut crunch topping:
    • In a small saucepan, over low heat, melt butter.
    • Stir in walnuts and brown sugar and mix until thoroughly combined.
    • Spoon evenly over pie.
    • Broil pie 3 minutes, 5 to 7 inches from broiler, or until topping is golden and sugar dissolves.
    • Cool pie again on wire rack.
  4. For optional decoration:
    • In a small bowl, beat heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar with electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
    • Pipe around edge of cooled pie.

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Holiday Red Raspberry Chocolate Bars

Recipe by Karen Brickhouse

Makes 36 bars

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) cold butter or margarine
  • 1 jar (12 oz.) seedless red raspberry jam
  • 1 2/3 cups Hershey’s milk chocolate chips, Hershey’s raspberry chips, or Hershey’s mini kisses, brand milk chocolates

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13*9* 2-inch baking pan.
  2. Stir together flour, sugar, pecans, and egg in  a  large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside 11/2 cups crumb mixture.
  3. Press remaining crumb mixture o the  bottom of the prepared pan. Stir jam to soften; carefully spread over the crumb mixture.
  4. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Crumble remaining crumb mixture evenly over top.
  5. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars.


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Easy Dinner rolls for the Holidays

Prep: 30 min. and rising time / Bake:15 min. /Makes: 1 dozen

Ingredient

  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp. Sugar
  • 1 pkg. (1/4 oz.) active dry yest
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1cup water
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • Melted butter

Steps

  1. In a bowl, combine 2 cups of flour, sugar, yeast, and salt. In a saucepan, heat water and butter to 1200- 130°.
  2. Add to dry ingredients; beat until blended. Add egg; beat on low speed 30 seconds, then on high for 3 minutes. Stir in the remaining flour (batter will be stiff). Do not knead. Cover; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
  3. Stir the dough down. Fill 12 greased muffin cups half full. Cover and let the dough rise until doubled, about 15 minutes.
  4. Bake at 350° until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan to a wire rack. Brush tops with melted butter.

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Easy Holiday Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes

PREP: 20 min. plus baking and cooling MAKES: 24 servings

What you need

For the Cupcakes

For the Filling

For the Glaze

  • 1-1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
  • 4 squares Semi-Sweet Chocolate

For the Topping

  • 1/4 cup Dry Roasted Peanuts, chopped

Make It

  1. Heat oven to 350°F Prepare cake batter and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups as directed in the recipe. Cool 30 min. [Cupcakes need to still be warm to fill. ]
  2. Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well. Spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag.
  3. Snip off 1 bottom corner from bottom of bag. Insert tip of bag into center of each cupcake; pipe in about 1 Tbsp. filling.
  4. Microwave cool whip and chocolate in small microwaveable bowl on high 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Dip tops of cupcakes in glaze; sprinkle with nuts. Keep refrigerated.

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