Caramel morsels & sea salt cookies

These cookies are 2 of 5 desserts I baked for my family, well my son JoRon and daughter Chanel asked that I make them chocolate chip cookies and I was more than happy to so.

I searched the internet for a simple recipe for chocolate chip cookies and found and interesting recipe that was very different than the others. This recipe was adapted from the 'Sweetandsavorytooth' website but with a few changes my tweaked version was all the rave between my family and their friends, and now I have two more request for 2 batches this weekend.

So, to start these mouthwatering delights you'll need:

1+ 3/4 cups AP (all purpose) flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 stick + 2 TBSP unsalted butter

4 TBSP cold unsalted butter cubed

****this total amount of unsalted butter should equal 1 and 3/4 sticks

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. vanilla essence

1 whole large egg

1 large egg yoke

1+1/4 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup Nestle Toll House Delightful caramel morsels

Sea salt to sprinkle

~Now that's prepared, preheat oven to 375°

~ line two cookie sheets with parchment paper

*** in a bowl mix together the flour and baking soda, set aside

 

Add 10 TBSP of the butter into a heavy bottom medium skillet over medium high heat, Allow the butter to melt, continually swirl the butter around in the skillet to prevent it from burning, ***The idea is to brown the butter leaving it with a nutty smell so keep the butter moving by constantly swirling it, this process might take no more than 3 1/2 minutes, once that is done remove from heat. 

 

Pour the browned butter in a heat proof bowl and add the cold cubed butter and allow it to melt completely

 

 

Now, add the both sugars, vanilla, vanilla essence, and salt to the butter and whisk together...

Add in the egg and egg yoke, continue to whisk this mixture for 30 seconds and allow to rest for 3 minutes... Do this whisking process 3 more times and the results should be a brown, smooth, and thick mixture...

 

Next, add the *** flour mixture to the butter mixture and blend just until combined do not over mix...

 

Now, add the chocolate chips and the caramel morsel and fold into mix 

 

Using a tablespoon of dough, drop dough onto prepared cookie sheets and add *** about 2 - 3 extra caramel morsel onto then sprinkle with the sea salt, bake one sheet at a time

 

Bake at 375* for 10 - 12 minutes (depending on your oven) ensuring to rotate pan at 5 minutes of baking to allow for an even bake, when done remove from oven allow the cookies to cool in pan then transfer to wire rack to cool completely. These cookies will keep nice and moist in an air tight container

 

my family ate the last batch straight off the wire rack

ENJOY!!!

Blueberry French Toast casserole

I now know for sure that I dream of food, in high def at 1080pi because I saw this dish so clearly lastnight. I woke up this morning (or did I even go to sleep...Idk) wanting to bake something blueberry-ish and this is what happened

Candied bacon bittersweet chocolate toffee cookies

Really...thats the same thing I said but success comes from thinking outside the box.

Sunday morning oatmeal & strawberries

This oatmeal is loaded with goodness.
1 cup of Almond milk, 1/2 peeled fugi apple, pinch of cinnamon, pinch of nutmeg, 1/2 cottage cheese, 1 TBSP brown sugar, honey drizzle. To add to the beauty of this day I had strawberries with mint, cinnamon, pumpkin seeds, and almond slices, and topped off with the tarty sweet blend of carrots, yellow sweet peppers, lemon and pineapple. ..ENJOY!!!

BIG 'ole fashion oatmeal cookies...with a twist.

Shhhh...I put HEATH toffee nuggets in the mix!!! ...yummy

 

YOU WILL NEED: Preheat oven to 350F

1 cup of white sugar

¼ cup of light brown sugar

½ cup of softened butter (one stick)

1/3 cup molasses

2 eggs

2 cups of Old Fashion Oats

1 ½ cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. of cinnamon

¼ tsp. salt

1 cup of raisins

.....and 1/2 cup HEATH nuggets

 

THEN...

1) In  a bowl cream together the sugar, butter, molasses, then eggs last (one at a time)

 

2) in a separate bowl mix well the dry ingredients then combine the dry mixture  into the wet mixture and mix well but not too much

 

3) fold in your HEATH nuggets and raisins

 

4) ***I used a medium size ice cream scooper and scoop dough onto a LIGHTLY GREASED or BUTTERED cookies sheet (6 on each sheet.....I found that the lighter cookie sheet bakes well in my oven) and bake for 9-10 minutes or until golden brown or until your likeness

 

5) let rest until cookies set then transfer to rack to cool 

 

Toffee peanut butter. ..or peanut butter chocolate chip

Yesterday I woke up needing to bake something easy so with the ingredients I had I made some chocolate chip and toffee peanut butter cookies. But, the only thing I didn't like was the chocolate chips I used tasted old and chalky but my son ate them none the less. So this morning at 6:30am I was up back at'em and use the Baker's semi sweet chocolate bar and chopped it into chunks, the results are yummy chewy ummmhummness cookies.
***in addition I added a blend of mixed crushed nut (almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds) into the mix.

I eyeballed the measurements because I remember my Nanny used to make these cookies without a measuring cup as she use to say, "A sprinkle of this a splash of that and a whole lotta love"

...and these came out great. so in a ball park measure I used

1 cup of creamy peanut butter

approx.1/4 tsp. baking soda

1 egg

2/4 cup brown sugar (1/4 cups 2 x's)

1 1/2 TBSP condense sweet milk

Baker's semi sweet chocolate bar approx, 1/2 cup broken up into chunks

approx 1/2 cup Heath toffee nuggets

 

Combine peanut butter, baking soda, egg, sugar, condense milk until well combined then divide mix add chocolate chip to one half and toffee to the other half, use a ice cream scooper for larger cookies or a full size melon scooper for smaller size cookies, place on parchment lined cookie sheet and bake @350 for 8-10 minutes. 

 

ENJOY!!! 

 

Cranberry upside down cake

I was up all night thinking what to do with the cranberries I have and came across this picture and said, "WOW!!!...I gotta try this" thanks to Simply Recipes www.simplyrecipes.com I was able to sleep.