So, here are some great recipes to make festive season seem a lot more festive!
Chocolate Cookie Recipes
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of flour.
- 1-½ cups of cocoa powder, unsweetened.
- Salt, ¼ tsp.
- ¾ pounds of unsalted butter.
- 2 ½ cups of sugar.
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract.
Procedure:
In a large mixing bowl, sift together the cocoa, salt and flour. Then set the bowl aside. In your electric mixer, cream together the sugar and butter until the mixture becomes fluffy and light. Beat the eggs in the vanilla extract. Add the flour to the mixture and mix on a very low speed until the flour is completely mixed. Next, divide the dough into two halves and wrap in a plastic wrap. Chill the dough for about an hour.
Heat your oven to about 350 degrees F. ON a board that has been well floured; roll the dough out to a 1/8-inch thickness. With the help of a cookie cutter or a cardboard template, cut the dough into desired shapes. Place these shapes on baking sheets and then chill for about 15 minutes until it turns firm. Bake for about ten minutes until the cookies turn crisp but should not be darkened. Cool before putting icing on it.
Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipe
This recipe is indeed one of my favorites, and I can never get tired of making this. It’s simply amazing when all you want to do is settle down on your couch in your PJ’s watching one of those corny late night movies they show on TV.
Ingredients:
- 150 ml of cream, low fat.
- Milk, 150 ml.
- 50 grams of sugar.
- 100 grams of chocolate.
- 1 rind of orange.
- 80 grams of toasted and flaked almonds.
- Rum, 30 ml.
- Vanilla essence, 1 tsp.
- 125 grams of bread.
- 2 eggs.
Procedure:
Preheat your oven to about 175 degrees C. heat the cream, sugar and milk together. When the mixture is hot and not boiling hot, take it off the heat and then stir in some of the chocolate. Add the vanilla, orange rind and rum. Beat the eggs until they become thick. Then, beat it into the chocolate mixture. Break the bread, fold the almonds and place them on an ovenproof dish. Bake for about 30 minutes and then serve while it is warm.
Chocolate Mousse Recipe
Simply put, chocolate mousse to me is like chunks of heaven on a spoon.
Ingredients:
- 8 squares of baking chocolate, semi-sweet and coarsely grated.
- ½ a cup of water.
- 2 tbsp butter.
- 3 egg yolks.
- 2 tbsp sugar.
- 1-¼ cups of cream, whipped.
Procedure:
In a double boiler or a microwave, heat the chocolate, butter and water until the butter and chocolate has melted. Cool the mixture for 10 minutes. In a small saucepan, whisk the sugar, egg yolks and the remaining water. Cook over a low flame and keep stirring for about a minute or two.
Remove the pan from the heat and then whisk in a chocolate mixture. Set the pan in ice and then stir until it cools down for about 10 minutes. Fold it in whipped cream and then spoon onto mousse bowls. Refrigerate overnight.