Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s day!

Happy Valentine’s day! This is a heart shaped fudgy brownie topped with milk chocolate ganache. I know, my decorating skills are not good, but I tried. 😁

This recipe is super simple. You can add cut up candy in the batter or in top,of the ganache or frostinf if you want as well. If ganache (which honestly, is just a fancy word for melted chocolate with heavy cream), is not your thing, you can leave the brownies plain, sprinkle with powdered sugar or use whatever frosting you want. I used one my two heart shaped cake pans, but you can them in an 8 or 9 inch Square cake pan. Remember to spoon your flour from your flour container into your measuring cup to get the correct amount. Also preheat your oven for 20 minutes before baking, to get your oven to the right temperature.

  • Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp chocolate or vanilla extract
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a baking pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Combine butter and sugar. Add cocoa. Blend in eggs, beating one at a time. Mix in extract. Fold in flour and salt. Blend in chips. Spread into pan. Mixture will be thick. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted,in center comes out with a few crumbs. Cool completley.

  • Ganache ingedients
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate)

Directions – heat cream in a microwave safe bowl for 45 seconds. Pour over chips. Let sit 5 minutes. Stir smooth. Pour over brownies. let ganache set. Store in covered container.

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Quadruple layer cookie cake

A sugar-chocolate chip-brownie-peanut butter cookie cake with marshmallow fluff frosting

Yup, you read that right. Quadruple layer cookie cake. It was what I had planned to make if the Bills were in the Super Bowl. And even though they came up a game short, I made this cake anyways because it is the Super Bowl. The NFL is the one sport that managed to get through it’s entire season without a single cancelled game. For this treat, I went with a peanut butter cookie layer, flourless brownie layer, chocolate chip cookie layer and a sugar cookie layer. I used a marshmallow fluff frosting. I actually make the peanut butter, sugar and chocolate chip cookie doughs the day before and took them out of the fridge about an hour before baking to get them to room temperature so they were easier to press into the pans. If you use a 9 inch cake pan, your baking time will be less. Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before you start baking. And make sure you don’t overbake your cookie cakes. This cake is quite heavy, so make sure your container is sturdy. You may have to hold it from the bottom when transporting it, or cut the cake ahead of time.

  • Peanut butter cookie ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Crisco or butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs milk
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions – line an 8 inch round cake pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Ina bowl, cream crisco/butter and peanut butter. Mix in brown sugar and sugar. Add egg and milk. Stir in dry ingredients. Press into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes (will be lightly golden around the edges). Cool completely

  • Flourless Brownie cookie layer
  • 6 tbs butter
  • 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 2 eggs
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 3 tbs cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions – line a round 8 inch cake pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Melt butter and chocolate chips in 40 second increments until you can stir smooth. Add eggs and sugar. Blend in cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes (toothpick inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs). Cool completlely

  • Chocolate chip cookie layer
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup Crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 yolk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp Cornstarch
  • 1 2/3 cup flour
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – line an 8 inch round cake pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. cream butter, Crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg, yolk and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Press into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 23 minutes (will be dark golden on top. May seem a little doughy, but will firm up. You can also firm it up by popping it in the fridge too for a bit. Cool completely.

  • Sugar cookie layer ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tbs oil
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 1/4 cups flour

Directions – line an 8 inch round pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. mix butter, oil, sugar and powdered sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Press into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes. (Will be light golden around the edges.) Cool completley.

  • Frosting/filling ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups marshmallow fluff
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • Heavy cream or milk

Directions – cream butter and fluff. Slowly blend in powdered sugar. Add enough milk or cream to get the consistency you want. Assembly instructions below.

Place a cookie layer on a plate
Apread a thin layer of frosting on top
Top with another cookie layer
Spread a thin layer of frosting on top
Top with a third cookie cake layer
Spread a thin layer of frosting on top
Top with your final cookie layer
Frost top layer

You can leave the cake as it is above, or frost the entire thing. I opted to frost the entire thing. 😁. Store in covered container.

Chocolate chip cookies version 563

Chocolate chip cookies with bread flour

A request came in after work for chocolate chip cookies. I pulled out this one that uses bread flour. They give them bottom and edges of each cookie a different, but nice texture because of the bread flour. They spread out a little more than I prefer, but I chalk that up to the dough not chilling in the fridge for at least a few hours. I made 9 large cookies, using 1/4 cups of dough. Remember to spoon your flour into your measuring cups to get the correct amount and to preheat your oven to 20 minutes before baking.

  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1-2 tsp water (opt)
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions – cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients. If dough seems too dry, add a tsp or two of water. You may have to mix dough with your hands to get it to come together better. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough. chill a few hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Stagger cookies on the sheet. Bake 10 to 13 minutes (there will be light golden patches on top). Cool completely. Store in covered container.

You can never have too many chocolate chip cookie recipes