Homemade Chocolate Chip Brownies

Okay....so you guys know that I am not opposed to using box mixes. Cake, brownie...whatever...if it suits my need in the moment, I’m not afraid to use it. BUT...you just canNOT go wrong with a pan of homemade brownies. And this recipe is SO good and SO simple that you’ve gotta try it. The fun thing about brownies is that you can add your preference of fun stuff inside. I added mini chocolate chips but feel free to add some nuts, too! And don’t forget the milk! Or ice cream and hot fudge...whatever floats your boat!

Homemade Chocolate Chip Brownies

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs ~ beaten

2 teaspoons vanilla

2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x9 inch baking pan with cooking spray then line with parchment paper, leaving paper hanging over two sides.

In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter over medium heat.

Add the sugar and stir until combined. Remove from heat.

Add the vanilla and beaten eggs and stir.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder.

Add flour mixture to the butter/egg mixture and gently stir until just combined.

Mix in the chocolate chips.

Pour batter into the pan and bake for 30 - 40 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool before cutting.

Toffee Chip Pecan Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies are one of my favorite kind of cookies. They’re soft and sweet, but not TOO sweet and delicate. Yum! Also....toffee is like one of my bff’s. Love it. I prefer it without chocolate but I’ll eat that too. So adding toffee chips to my favorite sugar cookie recipe just made good sense and adding pecans because well...pecans. Yummy cookies, guys!

Toffee Chip Pecan Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup shortening

1 egg

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cream of tarter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup toffee chips

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup sugar ~ for rolling cookies

Place parchment paper on cookie pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Cream sugars with butter and shortening. 

Add egg and vanilla and mix well. 

Add dry ingredients and mix well. 

Stir in the toffee chips and chopped pecans. 

Scoop into 1 inch balls and roll in 1/2 cup sugar. 

Place on prepared pan and flatten dough balls a little bit with your hand. 

Bake for about 10 minutes.

Allow to cool about 10 minutes then remove to a cooling rack. 

Makes about 2 - 3 dozen

Here we go...let's make some cookies!

Cream the sugars with the butter and shortening.

Then add the egg and vanilla.

Next, the dry ingredients.

Add the pecans and toffee chips.

Roll into balls then into the 1/2 cup sugar.

Flatten a bit then bake!

Don't forget the milk!

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

While I was in California, my friend let me go through all of her recipes. I discovered this little gem and was immediately drawn to it because A) I love chocolate and B) because it's SO easy! And I guess you could throw in a "C"....because it's yummy! So yeah...you guys need to try this easy little cake....soon!

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake



1 Devil's Food cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
4 eggs
1 3.9 ounce box instant chocolate pudding
1 12-ounce package chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan very well.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, sour cream, oil, water, pudding, and eggs.

Beat for 5 minutes until smooth.

Stir in the chocolate chips.

Pour batter into the pan and bake for 50 - 55 minutes until done.

Cool in the prepared pan for 15 minutes then turn out onto a serving platter. Cool.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar or drizzle with chocolate sauce. Or caramel sauce!

 
Here we go!

 
Mix together the cake mix, oil, 
water, eggs, pudding and sour cream 
until smooth...about 5 minutes.

 
Then stir in the chocolate chips.

 
Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

 
Bake and cool in the pan for a few minutes.

 
Turn out of the pan and allow to cool completely.

 
The garnish with powdered sugar 
or a chocolate sauce...or both!

Dorothy's Toffee Chip Cookies

The first time I had these cookies I thought I would embarrass myself with how many I ate. We were at dinner at a lovely lady's house....the mother-in-law of my very good friend....and Dorothy had these for dessert along with a cherry cheesecake. The cheesecake was good, no doubt, but it was these cookies that captured my attention and found a place into my heart and taste-buds. Apparently Dorothy made these cookies all the time for her family and you could tell because she had perfected the recipe. Dorothy's gone now but the memory of her is strong and I think of her every time I make these little treasures.

Dorothy's Toffee Chip Cookies




 Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper

Cream together:
1 cup butter – softened
1 cup sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Beat in 2 eggs

Add:
2 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 bag toffee chips

Drop by small teaspoonfuls and bake for 8 to 10 minutes depending on desired softness/crunchiness. These cookies  spread while baking so don’t crowd the pan. I usually get about 12 cookies per pan.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies


This is a very basic recipe so I 

didn't show all the steps. But here's whatcha need.

Make the dough balls a little on 

the small side because these babies will spread.

These cookies are flat when baked. You can bake them so they turn out soft or if you like to live on the wild side like Dorothy did, make 'em crunchy. Yummy either way.