Showing posts with label Chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chocolate. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

The Cookie of All Cookies

The Cookie of All Cookies

Posted by Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The Cookie of All Cookies recipe is a huge family favorite at my house! The easy recipe combines chocolate chips and toffee bits, into a soft chewy cookie! 



This famous cookie was selected among more than 34,000 recipes in the Taste of Home recipe contest.  When the winner found out her recipe would be shared in the Best of the County Cookies cookbook, she did not share the recipe.  The picture of the winning cookies was on the cover of the cookbook, but cookbook owners soon found out the featured recipe was kept a secret. 

The Cookie of All Cookies recipe is a huge family favorite at my house! The easy recipe combines chocolate chips and toffee bits, into a soft chewy cookie! Chasing Saturdays

On a trip a few years ago, we toured the Taste of Home test kitchen in Wisconsin. This was the recipe they made in their test kitchen when we were there.  


The Cookie of All Cookies recipe is a huge family favorite at my house! The easy recipe combines chocolate chips and toffee bits, into a soft chewy cookie! Chasing Saturdays

We did receive the secret recipe for The Cookie of All Cookies, it was not in the cookbook.  They included the recipe on an extra recipe card.


The Cookie of All Cookies recipe is a huge family favorite at my house! The easy recipe combines chocolate chips and toffee bits, into a soft chewy cookie! Chasing Saturdays

The Cookie of All Cookies recipe is a huge family favorite at my house! The easy recipe combines chocolate chips and toffee bits, into a soft chewy cookie! Chasing Saturdays


THE COOKIE OF ALL COOKIESPRINT RECIPE

INGREDIENTS FOR THE COOKIE OF ALL COOKIES

1 cup butter
1 ½ cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 ¾ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 12 oz bag milk chocolate chips
2 cups toffee bits 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

HOW TO MAKE THE COOKIE OF ALL COOKIES
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Cream the butter and the sugar.
  3. Beat in eggs and vanilla
  4. Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  5. Gradually add the creamed mixture.
  6. Stir in chocolate chips and toffee bits.
  7. Drop by heaping tablespoons 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets.
  8. Bake at 350 for 8-10  minutes.


NOTES ON THE COOKIE OF ALL COOKIES
  • I added more chocolate chips because we do not add chopped pecans
  • Use  1 1/2 cups chocolate chips and 1 cups of toffee bits if you add the chopped pecans
  • Pack down the brown sugar
  • Original recipe suggest oven temperature set to 375, and you will have to adjust to your own oven.
The Cookie of All Cookies recipe is a huge family favorite at my house! The easy recipe combines chocolate chips and toffee bits, into a soft chewy cookie! Chasing Saturdays




The Cookie of All Cookies recipe is a huge family favorite at my house! The easy recipe combines chocolate chips and toffee bits, into a soft chewy cookie! Chasing Saturdays










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Crystal Kellner
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Friday, April 14, 2017

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Posted by Friday, April 14, 2017
I was with some friends, sharing my chocolate chip cookie bars. I made a comment I haven't blogged this recipe yet! They couldn't believe it.  Something so simple, and easy to make and I am not sharing with my blog readers! 

 When you have a simple recipe, you take for granted how others may need a simple recipe in their life as well. Using cake mix simplifies this dessert!  I suggest using yellow. I have used white, but the yellow cake mix has the best flavor! When your kids/husband is craving cookies, you make them Chocolate Chip Bars! They are out of the oven in 20 minutes!



I am not exaggerating when I say I make this weekly.  It may not go with our diet, but the kids LOVE them! Mason requests the "Middle" only! He has also bargained, "Mom, if I eat my supper, will you make Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars?"

The family is literally digging the bars out of the pan before it cools down.  So the bars do NOT normally look as nice as they do in these photos. Especially, when a four-year-old is helping himself to the middle. 

This is such an easy recipe, you will make sure your pantry is stocked with these simple ingredients all the time. Yellow cake mix and milk chocolate chips.  You can pour the whole bag of chips in, or save some for later, or for now. 


This is so easy, keep your hand mixer in the cabinet.  Mix the chocolate chip bar mixture by hand with a spatula. Trust me on this one.  It just comes out better that way, and it is not over-mixed.



 CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS
DIRECTIONS
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INGREDIENTS FOR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

2 large eggs
½ c vegetable oil
2 tsp water

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Mix together 1 box Betty Crocker Yellow Cake Mix, 2 large eggs, ½ c vegetable oil, and 2 tsp water in glass bowl.  Use spatula to mix, not hand mixer.  When mixed, add 1 tsp Danncy Vanilla and mix.  Then add 1 bag Nestle Toll House Milk Chocolate Chips.  Pour into greased  9x13 pan.   

Bake 20-22 minutes, 350 degrees.

NOTES ON CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS
* Mix with hand, not mixer
* Batter will be very thick
* Turn Cookies bars half way through baking in the oven
* Cut and Cover pan for fresh cookie bars for up to 5 days







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Crystal Kellner
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Crock Pot Lava Cake

Crock Pot Lava Cake

Posted by Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The weekend before Valentine's Day, Macie pulled out a farm magazine, and told me, "Papa wanted me to make this." She had it saved in her room, so she wouldn't forget. She had it hidden in her closet. Maybe because that was the easiest place to find it.  If you can imagine a pre-teen room, that is exactly what her's looks like.

 She was in charge of this recipe, and I was excited to see her try a crock-pot recipe!



This was my chance to watch her find all the ingredients (I hoped we had all of the ingredients!) This is a simple recipe, so you will most likely have all ingredients.



This recipe was tucked inside  the February edition of The Progressive Farmer magazine.  Between features on irrigation and new generation farmers, is a recipe about sugar, and lava cake.  Recipe credit goes to Rachel Johnson, Stupid Good Food.




I am sure someone licked the spatula, who can resist!?


After a couple hours in the crock pot, it looked delicious! Very easy dessert recipe! She called papa to come down for dessert, she had a surprise for him! 
Crock Pot Lava Cake
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1 20 ounce double chocolate brownie mix
1 large egg
⅓ c water
⅓ c canola oil
1 3.9 ounce box chocolate pudding mix
2 cups cold milk
Cooking spray
Cool Whip

  1. Prepare brownie mix, egg, water and oil in bowl until smooth.  
  2. Prepare pudding mix with milk in a bowl, whisk until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes.
  3. Spray crock pot with cooking spray, turn on low.
  4. Add brownie batter, use spatula to smooth out.
  5. Add pudding mix on top of brownie batter and swirl into brownie batter.
  6. Cook on low for 2 hours, or until edges are set.
  7. Serve with Cool Whip










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Crystal Kellner
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Ag Question: What is a FAIR price of milk?

Ag Question: What is a FAIR price of milk?

Posted by Sunday, January 24, 2016
Who doesn't love milk? Growing up, there was always milk in our house.  I loved chocolate milk.  I loved ice cream, and I loved when my Grandpa Charlie would make home made ice cream on my birthday.  I remember him sitting out on our porch "in charge" of the ice cream.  I don't remember the cake, but I remember the ice cream.  

Now I am living in the third largest county in Indiana where dairy production is literally just around the corner! Jasper County is the leading agricultural producing county in the state and leading in milk production. My kids love milk, but when they get older, it's easier to pick sodas over milk.  What should parents do to make sure kids have their daily calcium? 

Fair Oaks Farms has done a tremendous job showing consumers how milk is produced.  If you are ever in Northwestern Indiana, you need to stop by their farm.  Fair Oaks Farms has partnered with local producers to take milk to a whole new level.  



Fairlife milk is a company where they are aware of all of the aspects of harvest corn for silage, they have good relationships with the dairy producers and know where the milk originates. The milk is "ultra-filtered" to keep the proteins, and filter out the sugars.





Have you tried their milk? It is heavenly! Chocolate is my favorite!  So delicious. It is totally worth it.Vanilla is good, but I have always preferred chocolate milk. Let's take a look at the nutritional values of both fairlife and Dean's milk. 



Both servings shown are a cup.  Protein in fairlife is 13g, 8g for Deans. Sodium and carbs are the same.  So if you want to increase your proteins in your diet, and decrease sugars, fairlife might be something  you want to try.   I like the idea of fairlife milk because this milk is being "made" a few miles from my house.  It's  not hard to find in stores around here.

 Now, let's head to the store. Let's talk about price.  It's our job as moms to be price conscious when we are figuring out our monthly budget.  What is more valuable? Better price or healthier?


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Crystal Kellner
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