Soft Baked Chocolate Cookies Recipe

Soft Baked Chocolate Cookies Recipe

These cookies bring back such good memories. Every time I see this recipe I instantly want to make them. For a person with a sweet tooth like mine, they are great. When cooked right, these cookies are pure perfection.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tspn vanilla
1 cup flour (self rising)
1/4 cup cocoa

Directions:
Cream butter
Add sugars and continue mixing
Add egg and vanilla, continue to mix well
Finally, add cocoa and flour
Mix well
Drop onto cookie sheet
Bake for 8 minutes at 350*

*The addition of chocolate chips makes these an ultimate chocolate chocolate chip cookie

Mississippi Mud Cake Recipe

Mississippi Mud Cake Recipe

I joke around that my middle child must have been switched at birth because he doesn't like cake. My entire family loves cake, except him... His birthday is tomorrow. Maybe I can convince him with this recipe ;)

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter
1 (4oz) semisweet chocolate baking bar, chopped
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
4 large eggs
1 tspn vanilla extract
3/4 tspn salt
1 bag miniature marshmallows
Chocolate Frosting (Recipe below)

Directions:
Place pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet
Bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes or until toasted
Microwave 1 cup butter and semisweet chocolate in a large microwave safe glass bowl at HIGH for 1 minute or until melted and smooth, stirring evey 30 seconds
Whisk sugar and next 5 ingredients into chocolate mixture
Pour batter into a greased 15x10 jelly roll pan
Bake at 350* for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle evenly with miniature marshmallows, bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
Drizzle warm cake with chocolate frosting and sprinkle evenly with toasted pecans.

Chocolate Frosting Recipe:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/3 cup milk
1 (16oz) package powdered sugar
1 tspn vanilla extract

Directions:
Stir together first 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat until butter is melted.
Cook, stirring constantly 2 minutes or until slightly thickened; remove from heat.
Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla and medium-high speed with hand held electric mixer until smooth.

*Recipe and image compliments of Southern Living

Chocolate Gravy Recipe

Chocolate Gravy Recipe

Chocolate Gravy is really as delicious as it sounds. It’s a Southern favorite, and found served with biscuits. Whip this easy recipe up the next time you serve biscuits for breakfast and impress your family.

Ingredients:
1 stick margarine
4 tablespoons flour (all purpose)
4 tablespoons cocoa
3/4 cup sugar
2 cup milk

Directions:
Melt butter in a sauce pan
Whisk in flour and cocoa
Then add sugar and milk and mix well
Cook over medium heat until thick

*This would also be great served as a dip for French Toast Sticks

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes Recipe

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients:

Cupcakes:
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tspn baking soda
1/2 tspn salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
4 ounces chocolate chips, melted and cooled
1 cup buttermilk
2 tspn vanilla extract

Frosting:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350*. Grease two 12-cup muffin tins, or line with papers
For the cupcakes, Combine peanut butter and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until light and fluffy.
Whish flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
Combine butter and granulated sugar in mixing bowl. usinga mixer at medium speed, beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Pour in melted chocolate and beat until thoroughly combined
Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to butter mixture and beat to combine. Add vanilla and mix well.
Fill muffin tins half full with batter. Spoon about 1/2 tablespoon of peanut butter mixture on top of batter, but do not spread it.
Spoon remaining batter over peanut butter.
Bake 18-20 minutes, until tops spring back when touched. (Due to the filling, toothpick inserted will not work)
Remove from oven and let cool completely.
To prepare frosting, combine cream cheese, butter and peanut butter in a bowl. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat until creamy. Add powdered sugar, beat until light and fluffy.
Frost tops of cupcakes when they are completely cook.

*Image and recipe obtained from some forgotten place :(