bake me a goodie

I got the inspiration to do this cake from a good friend of mine who used to bake something like this when we worked together @ UCSF. My husband, TJ, absolutely LOVES this so it's for certain that I'll be making this often.

INGREDIENTS:

1 box chocolate cake mix        1 cup chocolate chips + 1 tsp flour

3/4 cup french vanillakahlua    1 (4 ounce) package instant chocolate 

                                            pudding mix
 

DIRECTIONS:

1) Preheat oven as directed on box.

2) Mix all ingredients together as directed on box.

3) Add chocolate pudding mix.

4) Mix  together chocolate chips and flour then add to batter.

5) Bake as directed on box.

6) Let cool before cutting.

NOTE:

My husband says you can taste the kahlua more when the cake has been refrigerated. 

Posted by Amabelle at 12:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

At least perfection to me. Like I mentioned before, I LOVE shortbread or any butter cookie. I prefer it to be soft and crumbly though. That's how I prefer all my cookies. I don't like them crunchy. I guess that's why I don't like biscotti. I like mine chewy and soft. So, for me, I perfected my shortbread. It's very simple. 

INGREDIENTS:

1 stick softened salted butter            1 stick softened unsalted butter

3/4 cup brown sugar                        1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 

2) Cream together butter and sugar.  

3) Add vanilla extract and 1/2 cup flour.

4) Add another 1/2 cup flour.

5) Add last 1/2 cup flour.

6) Spread into buttered 8x8 baking dish.

7) Bake until golden brown. Cool before cutting.

Next time I make this I'm going to try scooping it with a mini dough scooper (kinda like an ice cream scooper) and putting it on a cookie sheet. I'll let you know how it goes. 

Posted by Amabelle at 01:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I absolutely LOVE shortbread or any kind of butter cookie. So I decided to try baking it myself. I searched online for a pretty easy recipe and decided to make up my own after finding out what the basic ingredients are. My first try was a bit more salty than I had wanted and I believe that is because I used more salted butter than unsalted. But I believe that this recipe would make a good crust so here it is.

INGREDIENTS: 

1 stick (1/2 cup) salted butter*           1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter*

1 1/2 cups Bisquick                            1/3 cup packed brown sugar 

*Make sure butter is softened. This makes it easier to work with. 

DIRECTIONS:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

2) Cream together butter and sugar

3) Blend all ingredients well. Dough will be sticky.

4) Press into 8x8 buttered dish

5) Bake until light golden brown. Cool before cutting. 

I think that if you use 2 cups of Bisquick then the dough will be much easier to handle. I also believe that part of the reason this shortbread was a bit on the salty side is that Bisquick is a baking mix that has salt added already. So, you might want to switch the measurements of butter. (i.e. instead of 1 stick salted make it 1 stick UNsalted and 1/2 stick of salted OR go completely unsalted) 

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