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Special dark cookies stuffed with chocolate cake and chocolate ganache and topped with melted dark chocolate

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These are not for the faint of heart.   4x the chocolate – a special dark chocolate cookie stuffed with black cocoa cake, ganache (a fancy name for melted chocolate) and topped with melted chocolate.  I recommend chilling the raw doughs after brjng stuffed to keep them puffy and keep the stuffings (cake and ganache) inside.

Scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup to get the correct amount (same goes for the baking cocoa).  And preheat your oven to 410 degrees before baking.  And only bake for 15 minutes.

You will need one chocolate cake baked in a round pan, baked according to directions and cooled completely. 

Cut out small pieces 2 inch squares or circles and set aside.  I used my Bills shot glass!

  • Ganache ingredients
  • 4 tbs heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, heat cream for one minute.  Add chips.  Let stand one minute.   Sture smooth.  Let set at room temp for 20 minutes, then place in fridge to firm up.

  • Cookies ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbs heavy cream
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/4 cup special dark cocoa powder
  • 1 tap baking soda
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl,  cream butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add eggs, vanilla and heavy cream.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Divide into 8 even pieces.  Divide each of those in half and slightly flatten each.  On one half, place a square of cake

and 1 tbs ganache.  

Top with other half

and seal edges. 

Freeze overnight.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 410 degrees.  line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet. 

Bake 15 minutes, no longer. 

Cool completely.    Top with melted chocolate.  Store in covered containerm.

Chocolate chocolate chip cookies with mini marshmallow bits

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For our ALDS Doubleheader on EsPN radio today, I made chocolate chocolate chip cookies with mini marshmallow bits.

Tigers-Mariners 330 pm eastern.

Blue Jays-Yankees 730 eastern

Remember to scoop your flour from you flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, chill your individual doughs a few hours to prevent spreading and preheat oven to 350 degrees before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2, cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tps vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups flour (scooped from flour container into measuring cup)
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini marshmallow bits

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar.  Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.   Mix in chips and marshmallow bits.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill a few hours.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on it. 

Bake 12 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Store in covered container.

Smores whoopie pies

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Smores whoopie pies

I was looking for a little something different to bake and bring into work tomorrow morning, and I noticed I have a couple of containers of marshmallow fluff, so I thought, “Why not smores whoopie pies” The whoopie pies are a graham cracker cookies, with a fluff frosting and melted milk chocolate chips as the center.

A reminder to scoop your flour from your flour container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, preheat the oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Whoopie pie ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 2 cups finely crushed graham crackers
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbs cornstarch

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line a cookie sheer with parchment paper. In a small bowl, combine milk, vinegar, baking soda and vanilla. In another bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs. Blend in milk mixture, flour, graham cracker crumbs, and baking powder. Scoop out 1 1/2 tbs dough and roll into balls. Stagger on the prepared cookie sheet, as seen below.

Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. I would not do any longer than that because you don’t want the bottoms to burn. Cool completley

  • Marshmallow fluff filling ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup fluff
  • 2 tbs milk (or more if necessary

Directions – cream all ingredients together

  • Chocolate filling – melt 1 cup milk chocolate chips with 1 tbs vegetable oil for 45 seconds. Stir smooth. If you need to, microwave in 15-second additional increments until you can stir it smooth.

Assembly – place cookies flat-side up, on one cookie place 1 tbs fluff filling, place 1 tbs melted chocolate.

Put them together to form your whoopie pies.

Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I wish you a wonderful day. Enjoy March Madness and the NCAA hockey tournament as well!