How to Make Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Hi Cookie Chocoholics,

Or is it Choco-Cookieholics...? ; P

Okay, let's start making "Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies"

Our list of ingredients for today:
-3/4 cup butter, softened
-3/4 cup peanut butter
-1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
-1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
-1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
-3 eggs
-1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
-2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
-2-2/3 cups rolled oats
-1 10-ounce package miniature milk chocolate kisses

What to do:
1) Beat butter and peanut butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric
mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, brown
sugar, baking powder, and baking soda; beat until combined, scraping sides
of bowl occasionally. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in
flour. Stir in rolled oats with a wooden spoon. Stir in chocolate kisses.
2) Drop dough from a #50 or #60 scoop, or from a tablespoon, 3 inches apart
onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Slightly flatten dough with your hand, if desired. Bake in a 375 degree F oven about 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks and cool. Store in an airtight container or plastic bag at room temperature up to 3 days. Makes 60 to 72 cookies.

Make-Ahead Tip: Cool cookies completely. In an airtight or freezer
container, arrange cookies in a single layer; cover with a sheet of waxed paper. Repeat layers, leaving enough air space to close container easily. Freeze up to 1 month.

Do you think 60-72 cookies are enough...?! If you have a large family this "How to Make Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies" is definitely gor you! And hey, got parties to go to right? What's going to happen when you bring these cookies over...? Tell me your stories!

Great stuff! Make it ahead of time and you can eat these whenver the urge comes upon you OR if you have unexpected company... they'll think you made some just for them... they'll never need to know you froze them ; P

God Bless,
Yoon

P.S. Come back for more Best Chocolate Recipes with Yoon Ho Um right here @ http://best-chocolate-recipes.blogspot.com/! Here's what's coming up next: Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies

How to Make Mocha Fondue

Hi Chocoholics,

Here's the recipe for...

Mocha Fondue

Hint: try chocolate fondue with a hint of coffee, and serve it with meringue cookies as crispy dippers.

Ingredients:
1 4-ounce package sweet baking chocolate, broken up
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2/3 cup light cream or milk
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
2 tablespoons coffee liqueur
Assorted fruits (such as star fruit slices, pineapple chunks, kiwi
fruit wedges, strawberries, pear slices, banana slices)
Meringue cookies

Directions:
-In a heavy saucepan combine chocolates, cream, sugar, and coffee
crystals
-Heat and stir over low heat until melted and smooth
-Remove from heat; stir in liqueur
-Pour into a fondue pot; keep warm over low heat.
-Serve with fruit and cookies.

This Mocha fondue makes 6 to 8 servings. So make sure to share!
Invite your friends over and even use this occasion if you want to
impress some you would like to have as friends!

Enjoy!

God Bless,
Yoon

P.S. It's Chocoloate Cookie Time!! How about let's try this one... "Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies"!? Yummy! And I guess a little bit healthy...? I mean it does have chocolate in it... one of the basic food groups(oh sure it's not OFFICIALLY recognized as such by governmental agencies and such,l but you and I know it's one of the essentials!).

World's Best Hot Chocolate Recipe

Hi choco-lovers,

Here is the...

World's Best Hot Chocolate

Ingedients:
-2 oz Semisweet chocolate; chopped
-1 1/2 tb Sweet butter
-1/4 cups Whole milk
-1 cups Heavy cream

Directions:
In a small saucepan, mix everything together. Heat over medium heat, gently. When it reaches a boil, stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate is completely melted(this may take a while as small specks remain till the very end).

When the chocolate is almost completely dissolved (if only tiny specks remain undissolved), turn the flame down and simmer to reduce your chocolate mix to very dense, dark brown hot chocolate.

Yum.

Great for those cold nights...

God Bless,
Yoon Ho Um

P.S. Okay, so what's next...? How about some Chocolate Fondue Recipes...?

White Hot Chocolate Recipe

Hi Chocoholics,

I don't know but can you call it Hot White Chocolate too...?!

White Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:
3 1/2 c Milk
2 tb Sugar
3 1/2 oz White chocolate (finely chopped)
1 oz Milk chocolate (finely chopped)
Creme de cacao (optional)

Directions:
-Heat milk and sugar to just below a boil. Remove from heat and add chocolate.
Let stand 2 minutes.
-Transfer to a blender and whip until frothy. Add creme de cacao if desired.

Serve hot(kind'a obvious I know...).

Whatever you do use top-quality white chocolate. Don't use anything like "coating chocolate".

So if you really are into white chocolate try this one out, maybe you'll convince
others to love white chocolate too...

God Bless,
Yoon

P.S. So what do you think... time for another white chocolate recipe or another
"Hot Chocolate" in-a-mug recipe...? Let's sace the white chocolate for later(what a tease I can be, eh?)... you'll just have to settle for the "World's Best Hot Chocolate"! See ya next time, same place, different time.

How About Some "Plain" Hot Chocolate?

Hi Chocolate Drinkers,

Okay, for the less adventurous, let's try some "regular" hot chocolate:

Hot Chocolate

-1 oz (generous) good sweet chocolate; broken to pieces
-a small quantity of milk; or water
-2 tb to 3 tbsp water or milk; boiling
-1 c Milk or water; boiling

Put the broken up pieces of chocolate with a small quantity of water or hot milk in a casserole dish on gentle heat. Cover the pan, let the chocolate soften, remove from stove top and whip into a smooth paste with a whisk or wooden spoon.

Add two or three tablespoons of boiling water or milk to dilute the paste, then slowly add the cup of boiling water or milk, continuing to stir all the time.

Hint: To retain the full aroma of the chocolate (the same applies to cocoa) the chocolate must never be allowed to boil.

Enjoy!

Simple and tasty!

God Bless,
Yoon Ho Um

P.S. Now how about some White Hot Chocolate ...? Sounds good! Come back soon!

Let's Make & Drink Some Fiesta Hot Chocolate!

Hi Chocolate Lovers,

I'm so sorry for not posting for a while(okay a LONG time...). Before we continue with chocolate cakes and cookies, etc. let's finally get to a chocolate drink! How about a Fiesta! When you have a party, make some...

Fiesta Hot Chocolate

1/2 cup Cocoa
1/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar; Packed
3 ea Cloves; whole
2 tb Powdered Sugar
Whipped Cream
1 tb Flour; Unbleached
4 cups Milk
1 ea Cinnamon Stick;Broken In 1/2
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
4 ea Cinnamon Sticks

Mix cocoa and flour in 2-quart saucepan.

Stir in brown sugar, milk, cloves, and 1 stick cinnamon.

Heat just to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered for 5 minutes (Whatever you do, DO NOT bring to a boil!). Remove from heat; remove cloves and cinnamon.

Stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat with molinillo, wire whisk or hand beater until foamy.

Pour into 4 mugs. Serve with whipped cream and cinnamon sticks.

And there you have it... Something hot to drink. And what goes better with your chocolate treats than a mug of hot chocolate, and not just any hot chocolate, but Fiesta Hot chocolate!

God Bless,
Yoon Ho Um

Chocolate Marble Cake

Hi Chocolate Cake Makers,

Did someone say...

Chocolate Marble Cake ?

1/3 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 ts Baking powder
1 ea Chocolate, unsweetened, squares
1 ts Vanilla
2 ea Egg, well beaten
1 1/2 c Flour
1/2 c Milk
1 tb Butter

Cream the 1/3 cup butter and sugar together, add the well beaten eggs and mix well.

Sift flour and baking powder and add alternately with the milk to the first mixture.

Put 1/3 of mixture into a bowl and add the 1 Tbsp of butter and chocolate which have been melted together.

To the white batter, add the vanilla. Drop white batter, then chocolate, by spoonfuls into a well-greased, deep cake pan and bake at 350 degrees F about 40 minutes.

Tell me what you think.

God Bless,
Yoon Ho Um

P.S. Chocolate Mint Layer Cake, Chocolate Orange Cake or Chocolate Raspberry Marbled Cake, which one do you want the recipe for...?