Chewy Quadrupled Chocolate Cookies

Chewy Quadrupled Chocolate Cookies

Hi everybody :)

Bring your favorite chocolate dessert to Roxana’s Home Baking #chocolateparty and win amazing prizes from OXO, Calphalon, Keurig, Imperial Sugar, Honey Ridge Farms and Land O’ Lakes® Butter.

It's about that time again... What time is that, you asked???
It's time for a ride to "Chocolate Land", the last trip taken was the Texas Sheet Cake. This time around I'm bring you 4x the chocolate in these cookies. I think I'm about to hit the chocolate mother load up in here, so hold on tight and enjoy the ride :)

Chewy Quadrupled Chocolate Cookies
1 cup butter (softened) 
1 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder (I used partly Hershey's Special Dark )
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter chips  (I used 1 (4 oz. Ghirardelli White Chocolate baking bar, chopped)
1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts (I used Heath English Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits)

Preheat oven to 350.
In a large bowl cream together butter, sugars, and cocoa powder until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Gradually fold in salt, baking soda, and flour until combined. Stir in chocolates.

Drop by spoonfuls (medium OXO Good Grips Cookie Scoop) onto ungreased baking sheets (silpat). Bake for 7 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Store at room temperature in a sealed container. 

 Source: Back For Seconds

 What I Did and/or Think:
I made a few changes to the recipe, they are Bold, Italic, & Purple.
 
The Taste: They were a chocolatey mouthful, if your a chocolate lover like me... you're going to LOVE these cookies. The chewy goodness just melts in your mouth, rewarding your taste buds with a variety of chocolate sensations. IT'S AN A.G.R. (Another Great REPEAT).

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I promise to help you keep your bread basket full, make simple easy breakfasts, lunches, and dinners pack with flavors but short on time, fun snacks, and mouthwatering desserts. Until next time... 

 ENJOY! Come again... 

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Oatmeal Waffles: Breakfast Is Served

Oatmeal Waffles: Breakfast Is Served

 Hi everybody :)

"Welcome to another Breakfast Is Served Sunday!" If you're just tuning  in to my post, every Sunday I try to post a Breakfast Is Served. The last Breakfast Is Served post was Oatmeal Cinnamon Rolls. Well, I'm still keeping with the oatmeal theme, but this time around I'm serving; Oatmeal Waffles. With this recipe, you can actually make make waffles or pancakes or both if you prefer. Not only is the waffles made with oatmeal, they also have whole wheat four too; for a nice healthy breakfast alternative. Let's get it started...

Oatmeal Waffles
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk 
1 cup quick-cooking oats 
1 tablespoon molasses 
1 tablespoon canola oil 
1  cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1  teaspoon baking powder

In a large bowl, mix eggs and buttermilk. 

Add oats and mix well. Stir in molasses and oil. 

Combine flour, balking soda, baking powder and salt; stir into the egg mixture. If batter becomes too thick, thin with a little milk. 

Pour about 3/4 cup batter onto a greased preheated waffle maker. Bake according to manufacturer's directions. Serve immediately.
 
To make pancakes: Drop batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a hot greased griddle. Turn when bubbles begin to form on top of pancake. Yield: 5 waffles (7 inches) or about 15 standard-size pancakes. 
Source:Taste of Home 

What I Did and/or Think:
I followed the recipe as stated, got 5 waffles. 

The Taste: The waffles were nice, a really good healthy recipe. Keeping with the healthy side, I used a reduced calorie syrup but... been a bit naughty I added 2 heaping tablespoons nutella with it :) and sprinkled the top with sliced almonds.
 
I think I will try the pancake version next with blueberries added to the mix, with that been said this recipe is worthy of a REPEAT.
ENJOY! Come again... 

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Honey Garlic Drumsticks

Honey Garlic Drumsticks

 Honey Garlic Drumsticks

 Hi everybody :)

I know I'm getting off to a late start on blogging today, but better late than never :) Drumsticks are what's for dinner tonight. Today I took out of the freezer one of my favorite part of the chicken, drumsticks. I spotted the simple and easy recipe from one of Mr.Food ebooks, and had to give it a try. The drumsticks are roasted in a 400 degrees oven for 30 minutes, pasted with a sweet spicy garlic sauce and finish off for about 25 more minutes. Let's get it started...

Honey Garlic Drumsticks
Makes: 24 Drumsticks
Ingredients
24 chicken drumsticks
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup honey
1/4 cup chopped garlic
2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place drumsticks on 2 rimmed baking sheets and season with salt and pepper;
bake 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a medium microwaveable bowl, combine honey, garlic, 2 tablespoons chili sauce and hot pepper sauce; microwave 30 seconds and mix well. 
Remove drumsticks from oven and carefully brush with sauce (sauce may be hot).
Bake 20 to 25 additional minutes, or until no pink remains and juices run clear.  NOTE: You may want to make an extra batch of the honey-garlic sauce for dipping.

Source: Mr. Food's Piece-by-Piece: 20 Easy Chicken Recipes for Drumsticks, Thighs & More

What I Did and/or Think:
The only change I made to the recipe is in Bold, Italic, & Purple, and that was to add 2 tablespoons chili sauce.

The Taste: I love the slightly sweet, spicy, garlic taste of the drumsticks. The sauce was very good, I made extra to serve along side. This is definitely a A.G.R. (Another Great REPEAT!)

ENJOY! Come again...

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