Chocolate-dipped Potato Chip Cookies

Yield: About 24 cookies

Ingredients

3/4 cup flour

1/2 cup reduced fat potato chips, crushed fine (put them in a zippered plastic bag and roll them with a rolling pin to crush them

1/4 cup pecans, toasted and chopped very fine

1/4 teaspoon salt (yes, really! Don't leave it out.)

8 tablespoons butter, cut into 8 pieces and slightly softened

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup confectioner's sugar

1 large egg yolk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

10 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

2. Combine potato chips, flour, pecans and salt in a bowl.

3. Beat butter and both sugars in a mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes.Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined.

4. Slowly add flour mixture until completely combined.

5. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Flatten dough balls with your fingers until they are 1/4 inch thick.

6. Bake for 5 minutes, rotate cookie sheet and bake for another 5 minutes, watching the cookies during the second 5 minutes to make sure they don't get too brown. Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then cool completely on a rack.

7. Melt the chocolate slowly in a double boiler, stirring until smooth. Dip each cookie almost halfway in chocolate, place on a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper and refrigerate until chocolate has hardened.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Yield: 12 servings

Chocolate cupcakes stuffed with chocolate chip cookie dough are the ultimate combination of a dessert within a dessert. These cupcakes will undoubtedly satisfy your sweet tooth.

Ingredients:

Chocolate Cupcakes
1 1/2 cups gluten free cake flour mix or blend
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water or 1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon vinegar
Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup white rice flour
1 cup gluten free all purpose blend
1/4 cup coconut flour
2 teaspoons xantham gum
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup Rice Chex cereal crushed
Vanilla Buttercream
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
6 to 8 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions:

1.) Prepare the Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mix flour, xantham gum, baking powder and salt in one bowl. Cream sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla in a separate bowl and blend into flour mix. Fold in chips and cereal. Do not overmix. Freeze one dozen unbaked cookies until firm, at least 30 minutes. Bake remaining dough as directed in link above or freeze remaining dough for future use.
2.) Prepare the Chocolate Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with 12 cupcake papers. In a medium mixing bowl, mix all ingredients together until moist and well-blended. It should only take you less than a minute to blend the ingredients together.
Taste the batter and adjust accordingly (there are no raw eggs in the batter which makes it safe for taste testing – options: add more cocoa powder, sugar or salt and/or spices like cinnamon or nutmeg).
Drop a ball of frozen dough into the center of each of the 12 cupcake papers. Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake tins about 2/3 filled. (You will have some remaining batter leftover for approximately 4-6 cupcakes. Bake regular cupcakes as directed in the link above.) Bake cookie dough cupcakes for approximately 20-25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before adding the frosting.
3.) Prepare the Vanilla Buttercream
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. With mixer on low speed, add 6 cups sugar, milk, and vanilla; mix until light and fluffy. If necessary, gradually add remaining 2 cups sugar to reach desired consistency.
4.) Assemble
Frost the cupcakes with the Vanilla Buttercream. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips on top if desired.

Totally Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 125g dark chocolate, minimum 70% cocoa solids

• 150g flour
• 30g cocoa, sieved
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 125g soft butter
• 75g light brown sugar
• 50g white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg, cold from the fridge
• 350g (2 bags) semi-sweet chocolate morsels or dark chocolate chips

Method

Serves: Makes 12

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3. Melt the 125g dark chocolate either in the microwave or in a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water.
2. Put the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl.
3. Cream the butter and sugars in another bowl. (I use my freestanding mixer, itself an odd source of comfort to me.) Add the melted chocolate and mix together.
4. Beat in the vanilla extract and cold egg, and then mix in the dry ingredients. Finally stir in the chocolate morsels or chips.
5. Scoop out 12 equal-sized mounds - an ice cream scoop and a palette knife are the best tools for the job - and place on a lined baking sheet about 6cm apart. Do not flatten them.
6. Cook for 18 minutes, testing with a cake tester to make sure it comes out semi-clean and not wet with cake batter. If you pierce a chocolate chip, try again.
7. Leave to cool slightly on the baking sheet for 4-5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to harden as they cool.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Beat brown sugar, white sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed about 3 minutes or until fluffy.
3. Beat in eggs and vanilla, then stir in the baking soda, salt and flour. Add the walnuts and chocolate.
4. Drop dough by large scoops onto ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with fork.
5. Bake 11 to 14 minutes. Cool on pan for five minutes, then cool on wire racks.

60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons beaten egg
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
5 tablespoons all-purpose Gold Medal Flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup chocolate chips


1. Place butter and sugars into a 2-cup ramekin, beat with spoon until well combined. Add beaten egg and vanilla, mixing to combine. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Stir a couple times, then add chocolate chips, stirring to combine. Microwave for 60 seconds then remove. Run a plastic knife around edges, will be slightly gooey, no worries. Cookie will continue to set up in hot ramekin. Top with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle with my homemade magic shell (recipe coming soon). Serve immediately.
Makes 1 large serving, perfect for sharing