Often times I find myself sitting here with a sweet tooth. Nine times out of ten we don't have much in the house for sweets. With living a healthier lifestyle we don't bring in a bunch of junk. I remember in the day we always had ice cream in the freezer and the pantry was stocked with the latest junk food. Now we have whole wheat products and veggies. Who can go wrong with some yummy veggies, right? However, veggies cannot settle a sweet tooth. For this I like to keep some great baking products on hand. Last night one of those sweet tooth urges came on and in the kitchen I went. Chocolate pudding was on my mind, and in about 15 minutes I had it in the freezer chilling. Have a sweet tooth, but no sweets in the house? Have milk, cocoa, sugar, vanilla extract, and cornstarch? Well fear not your sweet tooth will be happy in a moment. Chocolate Pudding from scratch recipe. What you need: 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup cocoa 1/4 cup cornstarch 3 cups of Milk 1 tsp Vanilla … [Read more...]
Dark Chocolate Cookie Recipe
As I sat here, I started to get a sweet tooth. I decided I would Google chocolate cookies. I mean I had everything! I came across this recipe for Chocolate Cookies with Hershey Chocolate. After looking at the recipe I decided I would alter it a bit for my own needs. I personally felt there were to much of some ingredients in it, and I only had self-rise flour. Chewy Chocolate Cookies 1 1/2 cups Self-Rise Flour 2 Sticks Unsalted Butter (softened) 3/4 cups Sugar 1/2 Brown Sugar 2 tsp Vanilla Extract 2 Eggs 1/2 cup Hershey Dark Cocoa With a mixer, mix butter, sugar, and brown sugar together. Once everything is mixed add two eggs. Mix well! Slowly mix in your dark cocoa and flour. I mixed cocoa fixed then added the flour. Once everything is mixed well add the vanilla and mix a bit more. Spoon on a cookie tray, and bake in the oven on 350 for about 10 minutes. Let cool, then make the next batch, this recipe makes about 2 dozen. You can add it to a recipe calorie … [Read more...]
Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Often times I get a sweet tooth and I have to find something to sooth it. I had cupcakes but no frosting, so what better way to sooth a sweet tooth, make cupcakes, and figure out how to make homemade frosting. Off to the kitchen I went... 1 stick of butter 3/4 cup dark cocoa 1 1/2 cups powder sugar 4 tablespoons warm water mix it all together and you have some yummy chocolate frosting. My husband came in and tried it, said it tasted just like store bought, my cupcakes were happy to have a top on them, and my tummy was happy to have the sweets in it, that I really didn't need. Make some yummy home made dark chocolate frosting with no milk. … [Read more...]
