Chocolate Brownies!!!

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5 ounces (150 grams) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chopped

1/2 cup (1 stick) (113 grams) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

2 tablespoons (15 grams) cocoa powder

1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3 large eggs

3/4 cup (95 grams) all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (125 grams) semi-sweet chocolate chips(optional)

If you ask me what my favorite dessert is I will tell you 3 things. Cookies, Petit Gateu and BROWNIES! I really like brownies and I hope you do to because today you will learn how to make them!

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place the rack in the center of the oven. Butter (or spray with a nonstick cooking spray) an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper. Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar . Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if using). Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with  a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well. Makes 16 brownies.

Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies

Hi guys I am sorry that I haven't posted in a long time, so today I am going to tell you how to make delicious chocolate mint sandwich cookies!

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE COOKIES

• 1 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• Confectioners' sugar, for work surface

FOR THE GANACHE

• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, very finely chopped
• 3/4 teaspoon pure peppermint extract

FOR THE GLAZE

• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, very finely chopped

DIRECTIONS

1. Make cookies: Whisk together cocoa powder and flour in a bowl. Put butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in egg until well blended. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Divide dough in half, and shape each half into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Transfer dough to a work surface lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut out cookies using a 2-inch round cookie cutter; space 1/2 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Repeat with remaining scraps of dough. Bake cookies until firm, rotating sheets halfway through, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.
3. Meanwhile, make ganache: Bring cream to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add chocolate. Cook, stirring constantly until chocolate is smooth. Stir in peppermint extract. Let cool slightly, 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Spoon 1 teaspoon ganache onto the bottom of 1 cookie; sandwich with another cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies and ganache. Refrigerate until firm, about 10 minutes.
5. Make glaze: Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring constantly. Let cool slightly. Dip one flat side of each sandwich into melted chocolate to coat; gently shake off excess. Place sandwiches, chocolate sides up, on wire racks set over baking sheets. Refrigerate until set, about 15 minutes.

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Ice cream covered cake

Hi guys this cake  is  almost the same as the ice cream cake that I already talked about in another post just that, you need an actual cake.

Ingredients

• Sponge cake
• 1 quart of your favorite ice cream, slightly softened       

  

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Equipment

• Rubber Spatula
• Aluminium foil

1. Lay one layer of the cake on a large sheet of aluminium foil. Spread the softened ice cream over the layer, using the rubber spatula.

2. Place the second layer on top and carefully bring the sides of the aluminum foil up over the cake to enclose it. Store in the freezer until you are ready to serve it.                                                                                                    

Chocolate Fondue With Marshmallows

INGREDIENTS 

• - 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped (1 1/2 cups) 
• - 1 cup heavy cream
• - 1 bag (10 ounces) marshmallows 

DIRECTIONS 

1.  Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Bring cream to a simmer in a medium saucepan set over a campfire or on a medium-high grill; pour over chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth. Whisk in bourbon. 
2.  Toast marshmallows over campfire. Serve with chocolate fondue for dipping.
   
   

   

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Shortbread Cookies

INSTRUCTIONS Shortbreads: In a separate bowl whisk the flour with the salt.  Set aside.  In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the butter until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute). Add the sugar and beat until smooth (about 2 minutes).  Beat in the vanilla extract. Gently stir in the flour mixture just until incorporated.  Flatten the dough into a disk shape, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill the dough for at least an hour or until firm.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) with the rack in the middle of the oven.  Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough into a 1/4 inch (.6 cm) thick circle.  Cut into rounds or other shapes using a lightly floured cookie cutter.  Place on the prepared baking sheets and place in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. (This will firm up the dough so the cookies will maintain their shape when baked.) Bake for 8 - 10 minutes, or until cookies are very lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. For Chocolate Dipped Shortbreads: Place 3 ounces (90 grams) of the finely chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl and place it over a saucepan of simmering water. Once the chocolate has melted, remove it from the heat. Add the remaining chocolate and stir with a wooden spoon until it has completely melted and is smooth and glossy. Taking one cookie at a time, dip one end of each cookie in the melted chocolate and place it on a parchment lined baking sheet. Once all the cookies have been dipped in the chocolate, place the baking sheets in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes, or until the chocolate has hardened. Shortbread cookies with keep in an airtight container for about a week or they can be frozen. Makes about 20 shortbread cookies.

INGRIDIENTS

Shortbread Cookies:

2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon (2 grams) salt

1 cup (2 sticks) (226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup (60 grams) powdered (confectioners or icing) sugar

1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract

For Chocolate Dipped Shortbreads:

6 ounces (180 grams) semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

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2 Delicious Cookies!! (chocolate chip & chocolate)

Chocolate chip cookies :)!!

INGREDIENTS

 

• 1 pound unsalted butter 
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar 
• 2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar 
• 4 large eggs 
• 3 cups plus 2 tablespoons pastry flour 
• 3 cups bread flour 
• 1 tablespoon salt 
• 2 teaspoons baking powder 
• 2 teaspoons baking soda 
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 
• 2 pounds Jacques Torres House (60 percent cocoa) Chocolate or other best-quality semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 

DIRECTIONS 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats; set aside. 
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reduce speed to low and add both flours, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, and chocolate; mix until well combined. 

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   CHocolate 

   cookies :) !!

                                                         

   INGREDIENTS 

   • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, roughly chopped 
   • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 
   • 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 
   • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 
   • 1/2 teaspoon salt 
   • 2 large eggs 
   • 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar 
   • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 
   • 1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chunks 

   DIRECTIONS 

   1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat chopped chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl in 20-second increments, stirring between each, until almost melted; do not overheat. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. 
   2. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla on high speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low; beat in melted chocolate. Mix in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chunks. 
   3. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 to 3 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until cookies are shiny and crackly yet soft in centers, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheets 10 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

   Using a 4-ounce scoop for larger cookies or a 1-ounce scoop for smaller cookies, scoop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake until lightly browned, but still soft, about 20 minutes for larger cookies and about 15 minutes for smaller cookies. Cool slightly on baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. 
   
   

   

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CARROT CAKE

Ingredients

-1/2 tea cup of oil
-3 grated carrots
-4 eggs
-2 tea cups of sugar
-2 1/2 tea cups of flour
-1 soap spoon of baking powder

Directions 

Mix in the blender the carrot with the eggs and oil, put in the sugar and mix it for 5 minutes. Put it on a bowl, and put the rest of the ingredients together and mix but don't put in the baking powder. This is mixed very slowly with a big spoon. Bake in pre-heated oven on 180 degrees for 40 minutes.

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Chocolate Icing

To make this delicious chocolate icing you will need:

Condensed milk 1 can

Chocolate powder 3 spoons

And butter 1 teaspoon 

Instructions:

Put a pan on the stove on medium and pour in 1 can of condensed milk, one teaspoon of butter and 3 spoons of chocolate powder. Mix for 10 to 15 minutes then take it out and you can use it on top of a cake!

Tip: If you are using it for a cake I recommend to add sprinkles.

Letter Vanilla Cupcakes

INGREDIENTS 

• 3 cups all-purpose flour 
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 
• 3/4 teaspoon salt 
• 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter softened 
• 1 1/2 cups sugar 
• 4 large eggs 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 1 1/4 cups milk 
• Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream
• Iced Letter Cookies

DIRECTIONS 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners; set aside. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well. Add vanilla. Reduce speed to medium. Mix in 3 batches of flour mixture, alternating with 2 batches of milk. Raise speed to medium-high; mix until thoroughly blended, 10
   to 20 seconds. 
2. Spoon 1/4 cup batter into each muffin cup. Bake until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, about 17 minutes. Let cool in tin on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from tin; let cool completely. Line tin with muffin cups; repeat process with remaining batter. 
3. Transfer buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip (such as Ateco #806). Pipe buttercream onto each cupcake in a spiral pattern, starting at the edges and ending with a peak in the center. Place 1 iced 
   letter cookie upright in the buttercream of each cupcake.
   
   
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Another Blog

Look at these blogs that my friends made they are very interesting and I hope you like them!

• Blog 1.
• Blog 2.

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Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING (recipe follows)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING. Makes 12 servings.

I got recipe from:https://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipe-details.aspx?id=184&name=HERSHEY%27S-PERFECTLY-CHOCOLATE-Chocolate-Cake

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Brigadero Steps

EASY STEPS TO MAKE BRIGADEROS!

• You will need condensed milk, a large bowl that can go in the microwave, butter with NO salt, a spoon and powder chocolate.
• First put the condensed milk into the bowl.
• Second put in 2 spoons of powder chocolate.
• Then put in three fourths of a spoon of butter.
• Mix it well and put it in the microwave for 4 minutes.
• When the 4 minutes are over take it out of the microwave and mix it just a little bit.
• Then put it for 2 more minutes in the microwave.
• When it comes out it is going to be full of bubbles don't worry it is supposed to come out like this just mix it a little.
• You finished the cooking part now just put it in the freezer for 3 to 5 minutes.
• After that you can eat it like that or make them into balls.

TIP: It stays even better if you add sprinkles!

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Ice Cream Cake!!!!!

If you are a kid like me you are not allowed to use the oven so instead you can make ice cream cake! It is very easy to make and it only has 5 steps.

1. get a mold cookies and ice cream.
2. crumble the cookies and put it in the mold.
3. put the ice cream on top of the cookies.
4. put it in the freezer for 10 to 20 minutes.
5. DONE!

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Panna Cotta

Pannna Cotta is Delicous!
We made panna cotta for our maracuja project with doce de leite in the bottom and melted chocolate on top we shared it with the class and they all thought it was good if you want to do it go to this link it is not the one we followed but it looks really good. I hope you like it !

http://www.italianfoodforever.com/2014/02/chocolate-amaretto-panna-cotta/

Strawberries With Melted Chocolate

Do you like strawberries? Do you like chocolate? Why don't you try them together? On the third maracuja day we made strawberries with melted chocolate on them I didn't eat it because I don't like strawberries but I tried the chocolate and it was good. We also shared it with the class like every Friday so they told me it was good. Our problem was that they stuck together because when the chocolate dried it made them stick.

To make them you  will need a bowl of strawberries and a chocolate bar used for baking like Aguila chocolate. Put the chocolate in the microwave until  it melts then take it out and mix a little bit. Poke small sticks into the strawberries dip them al in the chocolate then leave them in the refrigerator to dry.

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Cookies

 http://www.joyofbaking.com/MandMCookies.html  (The website for the cookies recipe.)

The first day of maracuja me and Isa made m&m cookies we made it trying to follow the recipe but it didn't go so well. The second day of maracuja we tried again to do cookies but this time we used the video that you can see on the website and they came out delicious. The problem we had the second time when we tried to make the cookies was that they came out too sweet because when we were putting the vanilla extract and we used tablespoons instead of teaspoons!If you wan't to try the recipe click the link at the top.

Maracuja

In school we are doing a project called maracuja. Maracuja means passion fruit in Portuguese. We have maracuja time each Friday during maracuja time we do our passion .I made this blog to talk about what I am doing during maracuja. Since the blog is called Cooking Blog I think you already know my passion is cooking I am doing it with my friend and we are really excited to share what we learn and do during maracuja time!

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