My first attempt at homemade Twinkies. I repinned the recipe I found on my Pinterest (Junie’s Potpourri). They didn’t unmold with complete success from my silicone pan. I researched it and found that a baking spray with flour would be helpful. I’d used a plain canola spray. They were really delicious! My brother, who ate three, said he was tempted to eat the entire plate! He’s also interested in trying them with a chocolate filling. I agree.
Found a Twinkies pan! Now to try the recipe I’ve been saving.
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Chocolate chip marble Bundt. Or for just a one word description, decadent.
Coconut chocolate chip custard pie
In a large bowl, combine:
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/2 stick melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 cups milk
Beat well, and pour into a 9” pie pan that has been greased with cooking spray
Sprinkle handfuls of shredded coconut on top - about 1-1/2 cups
On top of that, sprinkle generously with dark chocolate chips, I used about a cup of Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Bittersweet
Bake at 350F about 40 minutes -watch carefully towards the end so you don’t burn the coconut.
Coconut Meringue Cake
cake
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
topping
3 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9x9” pan (I actually used a 9” round pan)’
2. Beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, baking powder, and salt.
3. Beat in 1/2 cup flour, then the milk and vanilla, and finish with 1/2 cup flour. Spread in pan.
4. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form, then slowly add 1/2 cup sugar as you continue beating, beat until stiff peaks form.
5. Gently fold in coconut, and spread over top of cake batter.
6. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick comes out clean and meringue is lightly browned.
Recipe from allrecipes.com
Since today is “pi” day, I thought a brownie pie would be appropriate. Easy to do because everything gets mixed up in a large saucepan and I cheated and used a Pillsbury crust.
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (the recipe called for walnuts, but I didn’t have enough and threw in some almonds).
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
3 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tbs flour
1 9” pie shell
Preheat oven to 350 F
In medium saucepan, over low heat, stir the milk, butter and cocoa until the butter melts and the mixture is warm. Remove from heat.
Toss in the rest of the ingredients, stir, and pour into pie shell.
The recipe calls for another 1/4 cup of nuts to be sprinkled on top, but I didn’t.
Bake 50 minutes. Can be eaten warm or cold, we chose warm.
Recipe source: allrecipes.com
We woke up to about two feet of snow, and it’s still coming down. Perfect time to bake applesauce-walnut muffins.
I was planning to bake a cake this evening, and asked my brother, “chocolate, vanilla, or cinnamon?” His reply was “yes”. So out came my Big Oven app, and I found a cake combining all three. It was difficult to slice and serve because of the filling, but we didn’t care - it was that good. In the app, it’s “Chocolate Chip Cake 2”, and the ingredients include chocolate chips, cinnamon, sour cream, and walnuts. Very, very tasty.
Had a chocolate yen last night so I opened up my Big Oven app and found something called Brownies, Whatever Floats Your Boat.
The ease of the recipe was the first thing that attracted me - after reading it I could see that the entire thing could be stirred up in the saucepan used to melt the butter. The deciding factor in making these was the option of tossing in 1 to 2 cups of “whatever floats your boat”. My additions? Bittersweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and chunks of walnuts.
Wow!
