Category: Chocolate

Pumpkin Espresso Brownies

2/7/2021

If you REALLY love pumpkin taste, add the remainder of the can from the pumpkin mix to the brownie batter

Brownie Mix:

1/2 cup chocolate, chips or chopped
1/3 cup espresso powder
1 1/4 sticks butter, cut into pieces
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs bourbon
2 tbs cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour
4 oz - 2 cups chocolate chips/chunks

Pumpkin Mix:

4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 tsp vanilla
?1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
pinch allspice
pinch cloves

Melt together chocolate, espresso and butter in double boiler, stirring occasionally
Beat together eggs, sugar, vanilla, bourbon, cocoa powder, salt at low speed until light and fluffy
Fold in melted chocolate
Fold in flour until just combined
Stir in additional chocolate chips
Cream cream cheese on high speed until smooth
Beat in sugar, then egg
Beat in pumpkin, vanilla, and spices
Pour half of brownie batter into the prepared pan
Spread pumpkin cheesecake batter over top
Dollop remaining brownie batter in lines over the cheesecake mixture
Swirl batters together by dragging a knife across the lines back and forth.
Bake at 350 for 30 -45 minutes and cool before cutting

Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies

9/26/2020

1 stick butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
1 can pumpkin puree
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger

1 tsp cloves
1 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups dark chocolate

Beat together sugar and butter, then other wet ingredients
Mix in dry ingredients
Fold in chocolate chips
Refrigerate 15 minutes to spoon onto parchment paper
Bake 15 min at 350 degrees

Cookie Dough Cupcakes

9/25/2020

Cookie Dough

3/4 cup flour
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Frosting

1/3 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla

It's the boys' brother tomorrow so the younger one (with LOTS of assistance) made him a German chocolate cake. I don't like coconut so I left the coconut and pecan out of half the frosting (and therefore halved the amount of coconut and pecans from the recipe. Also there were some AMAZING fails throughout the experience of this cake and it's very impressive we managed to save it as well as we did.

Baking

Pumpkin Espresso Brownies

Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies

Cookie Dough Cupcakes

German Chocolate Cake

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