Baking: Chewies

A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is overjoyed !

My moms friend Mrs. Deborah makes these amazing vanilla brownies called chewies. They are absolutely delicious. My husband was complaining of wanting something more to eat at like 10pm last night so I made him some.  I thought I would share the recipe with you. :)

Chewies

Ingredients:

1 stick butter, melted

2 cups brown sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2xL or 3 med-large eggs

2tsp baking powder

3/4tsp salt

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix all ingredients together.

Pour into a greased, floured 9 x13 pan.

Bake for approx 30min (until edges are brown)

Allow to cool 10-15min before cutting.

Now for pictures with the directions. :)

Mix all ingredients together.

Pour into a greased, floured 9 x13 pan.

Bake for approx 30min (until edges are brown)

Allow to cool 10-15min before cutting. 

Don't they just look yummy???

 Yes, I am terrible at cutting cakes, brownies etc. LOL!

Let me know if you try the recipe. I tell you, they are amazing and very BAD for you. LOL!

Ang

Chocolate Muffins

A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is overjoyed !

So yesterday, I made these Chocolate Muffins.. I didn't follow the recipe all the way as you will see below.. But I did for the most part. They were yummy!!!

Ingredients list:

2/3 cup of baking cocoa.
2 large eggs.
2 cups of flour.
1 cup of chocolate chips.
1/2 cup of sugar.
2 teaspoons of baking soda.
1 1/3 cups of milk.
1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
1 teaspoon of vanilla.
1/2 teaspoon of salt.

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 400°F.

Coat muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.

 In a large bowl, combine the cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and vanilla.

 

Stir in half a cup of chocolate chips. 

** I read the directions wrong and actually mixed in all the chocolate chips.**

In a separate bowl, combine the eggs and milk.

Add the egg/milk mixture to the other ingredients until moistened.

** At this point I tasted the batter and it didn't taste sweet enough to me. So I added about two tablespoons more sugar to the mix**

 Scoop the batter evenly into the prepared pan.

Sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips.

 **I just sprinkled some extra chocolate chips on the top... So I used about 1.5 cups of chocolate chips.**

Bake for about twenty minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan. 

These muffins were sooooo yummy! Let me know if you try the recipe. :)

Ang

Peanut Butter Muffins

A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is overjoyed !

I had fun baking these muffins. However, they failed to pass the taste test... I will explain more below.

 Peanut Butter Muffin Recipe

Ingredients list:

2 medium eggs, beaten.

2 cups of sifted flour.

1 cup of milk.

½ cup of peanut butter.

¼ cup of sugar.

2 tablespoons of butter, melted.

3 teaspoons of baking powder.

1 teaspoon of salt.

Instructions:

Sift together the flour, sugar, baking power and salt.

Add the peanut butter and mix thoroughly.

Combine the eggs and milk, then pour into the mixture.

Add the butter and stir until mixture is moistened.

Fill greased muffin pans about two-thirds full and bake at 400°F (200°C) for 25 minutes.

Now  at this point I tried the muffins and they tasted more like biscuits than muffins. So, I tried to make a frosting to kind of help.
I took some peanut butter.

and some brown sugar

and some milk.

I then put my weird mixture in the microwave for 30 sec to help the peanut butter melt enough to spread. I then put it on the muffins as a frosting.

The frosting tasted good, but the muffins still didn't.... :/

We ended up giving them to our puppies who enjoyed them... If you do try this recipe... let me know how it turns out! I am trying to think of a way to make them better.
Ang

Muffins

A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is overjoyed!

So suddenly I have this idea to make lots of muffins. I found 5 different recipes I want to try... So I will be posting pics and tips on the different recipes as I go. The recipes I have are for: Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins, Peanut Butter Muffins, Chocolate Chip Muffins, Mocha Chocolate Chip Muffins and Cinnamon Muffins. I cant wait to bake them. I am making the first recipe tomorrow.... It will probably be the peanut butter ones, because they sound healthier lol!


Ang

Baking: Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes

A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is overjoyed!

I made pumpkin spice muffins from the recipe below that I found on Pinterest. The hubby and I both totally loved them! I posted the recipe below. The only difference I did is that I cooked them in a normal muffin pan and had to bake them for more like 15min... I just cooked them till a tooth pick came back clean. Don't they just look delicious?

Let me know if you try the recipe.  :)

Recipe: Baked Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 36 donut holes

Serving Size: 2 donut holes 

For the donuts:

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/8 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup canned plain pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1/2 cup low-fat milk

 For the Coating:

• 1 stick of unsalted butter, melted
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin with nonstick spray.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. In a separate large bowl, combine the oil, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, pumpkin and milk until smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Be careful not to overmix the batter. 

Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until passes the toothpick test.

Remove the muffins from the oven and allow to cool for 2 minutes, or until just cool enough to handle. With the melted butter in one bowl and the sugar and cinnamon combined in another, dip each muffin into the butter then roll in the cinnamon sugar to coat. Serve immediately.

Source: The Craving Chronicles

*For a lower sugar version, mix two packets of splenda with one table one table spoon of cinnamon (this is for the COATING).

Pinterest & Cooking

Have you gone on Pinterest yet? If not, I totally suggest you go! I found all these cool ideas for cooking and making things! I spent over two hours on there last night.

Anyway, a great idea for cooking came out of it. Pre-made crock pot meals made in ziplock bags that all you do is take out of the freezer and put in the crock pot. The lady who came up with this idea, has all the info including what to buy at the grocery store and everything for 8 meals made in the crock pot. here is the   LINK to her blog post about it.

Anyway, so today using that idea, I made a chicken noodle soup meal in the ziplock (excluding the noodles because they would get all soggy). It was pretty easy... I baked a whole chicken last night for dinner, we ate half for dinner. I then de-boned the chicken and saved all the broth. The broth I put in the ziplock along with some chicken bullion, water and peas and carrots and of course the chicken. I also added an onion to the mix and some garlic and onion powder. It should be yummy. Next week I am going to make the meals from the blog post above so you will hear about those next week. Sorry I didn't have pictures of the whole process, but here is a finished picture. :) FYI what fits in a ziplock is just perfect for our crock pot its a 5qt.

Another note, because this was mostly liquid, i double zbagged it.

Anyway, I hope you had a good Sunday. :)
Ang