This is one excellent cookie recipe and it freezes well.

Ingredients: 

Topping:
1/2 cup	sugar	125 mL
1 tsp	cinnamon	5 mL
Cookies:
3/4 cup	Vegetable Shortening	175 mL
1/2 cup	butter , softened	125 mL
3/4 cup	sugar	175 mL
3/4 cup	brown sugar , packed	175 mL
2	eggs	2
1 3/4 cups	All Purpose Flour	425 mL
1 1/4 cups	cocoa powder	300 mL
1 tbsp	cinnamon	15 mL
2 tsp	baking soda	10 mL
1/4 tsp	pepper	1 mL
1 pinch	cayenne pepper	1
1 cup	Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips	250 mL

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Topping:

Combine sugar and cinnamon for topping.

Cookies:

Beat shortening, butter and sugars until creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add next 6 ingredients, mixing until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips.

Roll in 1” (2.5 cm) balls, don’t flatten. Roll into cinnamon and sugar topping. Place on prepared cookie sheets, about 2” (5 cm) apart.

Bake 8-10 minutes. Cookies should still be soft in centre. Let cool on baking sheet for 3-5 minutes. Remove, cool on wire rack.

Note:

Cookies can be frozen raw and stored in an airtight bag or container. If baking from frozen, add 5 minutes to baking time. ]]> http://www.t4food.com/2007/09/13/mayan-chocolate-sparklers/feed/ http://www.t4food.com/2007/02/09/food-bites-february-10/ http://www.t4food.com/2007/02/09/food-bites-february-10/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:10:03 +0000 Ian McKenzie Baking Diet Cookies Pork Stew Learning http://www.t4food.com/2007/02/09/food-bites-february-10/

Morsels from this week’s food-blog browsing:

• Ganache with Panache – a recipe for ganache and a mocha chocolate chip cookie.
• Savoury Pork Stew – serves 8.
• What Does 200 Calories Look Like? – From 3 pounds of celery to a couple of tablespoons of canola oil.
• Growing Influence of Food Bloggers – Some thoughts from Catherine on a New York Times article about food bloggers.

This looks like a fun variation on your standard cookie cutters.

Our 3-D cookie cutters make it EASY to stand out! Celebrate every occasion with your own fun creations. 12 plastic cookie cutters make 6 playful designs, including a teddy bear, unicorn, airplane, sailboat, dolphin and dinosaur. Simply fit the baked pieces together, decorate and enjoy! Perfect for party favours, holidays or just for fun. Finished cookies are approximately 5″ tall. Recipe and storage box included.

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My favourite Christmas cookie

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter/margarine
• 1 package instant chocolate pudding (4 serving size)
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• apricot jam
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3 Tablespoons butter/margarine

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Cream butter and pudding mix together.
3. Beat in egg.
4. Mix in flour.
5. Shape into small balls, roll in sugar and place on greased baking sheet.
6. Make a dent in each ball with your thumb.
7. Bake for 5 minutes, remove cookies from oven and press dent again. Continue baking for 10 more minutes.
8. Fill dent with apricot jam.
9. Melt chocolate and butter in saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently.
10. Glaze top of cooled cookie with melted chocolate.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup oats (optional)
• 1 bag Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Stir flour with baking soda and salt, set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy and lightened in color (about 4 minutes).
4. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed until incorporated.
5. Gradually blend dry mixture into creamed mixture.
6. Stir in nuts, oats, and chocolate chips.
7. Drop by tablespoon onto greased baking sheets.
8. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 tbsp. flour
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar (for decoration)

Directions:

1. Heat
   oven to 375 degrees. Grease 9×13 pan.
2. Combine flour, 2/3 cup powdered
   sugar and margarine and mix until it comes together in as a ball of dough.
3. Pat dough evenly into pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until
   slightly golden.
4. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, flour & lemon juice
   until frothy.
5. Pour over hot crust. Bake 20-25 minutes or until light
   golden brown.
6. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

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I needed to make something for an office bake sale, so I gave this recipe a try. The cranberries and chocolate chips are a variation from the standard recipe. They came out well (and sold quickly).

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
1 egg lightly beaten
1/2 cup melted shortening
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon molasses
1 3/4 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped almonds

Directions:

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
* In large bowl stir together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
* Stir in remaining ingredients.
* Drop by teaspoon 1-1/2 inches apart on ungreased sheets.
* Bake for 12 minutes or until brown.

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Ingredients:
1 cup / 250 ml. - butter (2 sticks), softened (do not use margarine)
1 cup / 250 ml. - sugar
2 large - egg yolks
2 cups / .5 L. - all-purpose flour
pinch - salt
1 cup / 250 ml. - walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup / 125 ml. - strawberry preserves

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9″ by 9″ metal baking pan.

2. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and sugar until mixed, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Increase speed to high; beat until light and fluffy.

3. With mixer at low speed, beat in egg yolks until well combined, constantly scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Add flour and salt and beat until blended, occasionally scraping bowl. With spoon, stir in walnuts.

4. With lightly floured hands, pat half of dough evenly into bottom of pan. Spread strawberry preserves over dough. With lightly floured hands, pinch off 3/4-inch pieces from remaining dough and drop over preserves; do not pat down.

5. Bake 45 to 50 minutes until golden. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. When cool, cut into 3 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 10 pieces.

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1 c. raisins
1 c. butter
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. oatmeal
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. mini chocolate chips

Cream sugars and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Last add oatmeal, nuts, and chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool. Makes about 6 dozen.

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Lynette has posted a delicious looking recipe for low-fat Chocolate Espresso Cookies that I have placed high on my baking to-do list.

One of my favourite low-fat chocolate treats is the One-Bite Brownie recipe from Julie Van Rosendaal’s recipe book Grazing. A single brownie comes in at 85 calories and 2.1 grams of fat. The big problem with these beauties is sticking to one “bite”.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules, dissolved in 1 teaspoon water
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. In a large bowl, mix together butter and sugar until well combined. Add egg, egg whites, vanilla and coffee and stir until well blended and smooth.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add to the egg mixture and stir by hand until just combined.
4. Spoon into mini-muffin cups that have been sprayed with non-stick spray.
5. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes, until puffed up, but still soft to touch. Do not over bake!
6. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

Makes a dozen or so brownies.

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