Brownies

Quick brownies recipe adapted from Cooking Light


I also tried to make a vegan version of it but it was a huge FAIL, since they didn't cook well and were way too ooey gooey. I really appreciate if you could suggest me a good vegan brownies recipe!

Fudgy Brownies

Ingredients

1 cup Whole-Wheat Flour 

1/2 cup unsweetened Cocoa

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1/3 cup Butter

2 ounces dark Chocolate, chopped

(I used Chocolate-chips)

1 cup Brown Sugar

1/4 cup low-fat Milk

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

2 large Egg Yolks

1 large Egg

Cooking spray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, and

salt in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk.

3. Place butter and chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and microwave at high for 45

seconds, stirring every 15 seconds. Stir until smooth, and set aside. Cool slightly. Add 1 cup sugar,

milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, egg yolks, and egg; stir with a whisk to combine. Add butter mixture

to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. 

4. Pour batter into an 8-inch square metal baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out almost clean. 

Enjoy! I surely did =)

They were even better the day after...

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If you have a yummy vegan recipe for brownies, I'd love to try to make this!

(Vegan!) Chocolate-chip Cookies

For direct request of my brother, I made Chocolate-chip Cookies (sshhh, don't tell him they are vegan!)


The recipe is adapted from Oh she glows, I omitted the nuts since I'm allergic (damn!) and made some other adjustments since I were out of some ingredients and I was too lazy to walk all the way to the grocery store =)

(Vegan!) Chocolate-chip Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup Margarine, at room temperature

3/4 cup brown sugar (lightly packed)

1/2 tbsp grounded Flax + 3 tbsp warm water

1 tsp vanilla extract (I did not have it)

1 and 1/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 tsp kosher salt

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2-3/4 cup dark chocolate chips 

Directions

1. In a small bowl whisk together grounded flax with water and set aside for several minutes.

2. In a large bowl, beat the Margarine for about 60 seconds until smooth. Now add in the brown sugar (making sure there are no clumps). Beat for 4 minutes.

3. Place vanilla extract into the egg replacer mixture and stir well (I obviously did not do this!). Now add this mixture to the Margarine and Sugar mixture and beat for another 3-4 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula every minute or so. 

4. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt). Now gradually add this mixture to the wet mixture and mix until just combined. Add in your chocolate chips beat for a few more seconds until combined.

5. Now place the dough into a ball and cover in plastic wrap, making sure to cover all sides. Refrigerate dough overnight or for 8-12 hours. Remove from fridge and allow to come to room temperature for about 60 minutes. 

6. Roll into balls about 1.5 tbsp large and slightly flatten each ball with your hand. The more you flatten it, the bigger the cookie will spread. Place the cookies about 1.5-2 inches apart on the sheet.  Allow cookies to come to warm room temperature for an additional 5-10 minutes. 

7. Bake for 10 minutes at 350F until slightly golden around the edges with a pale centre. Let sit on the sheet for 5-10 minutes before removing from pan. The cookies will firm up quite a bit so not to worry if they are initially soft. (I would totally  freak out if I wouldn't have read this part, since my cookies were soooo soft!)

8. Personal note: eat three Cookies for breakfast

What is your favorite flavor of Cookies? 

Walnut-Chocolate Cake

Grandma recipe of my dad's favorite cake (I couldn't taste it since it has walnuts and I'm allergic, damn!)

Ingredients

500 gr Walnuts

100 gr Butter

200 gr Sugar

250 gr Flour

3 large fresh Eggs

Baking Powder

powdered Sugar

100 gr Dark Chocolate

Directions

1. Mix together butter and sugar to obtain a smooth cream (or something similar)



2. Grease the baking tin with butter and cover it with walnuts (choose the better looking ones!)



3. Process the remaining walnuts and after the chocolate (if you use chocolate chips this won't be necessary)



4. Add one egg at time, chocolate, flour, baking powder and walnuts



5. Mix well (if the batter will be too dry, add some milk)



6. Pour the batter into the tin, trying not to move the walnut base



7. Bake in the pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Make a nice decoration with powdered sugar.

Enjoy!



Legend says that days after is even more good!

Mascarpone cream chocolates

I made this uber-easy chocolates the last Sunday to bring them to my Dad's dinner since he doesn't like Apple Pie (more for me, ah!). After doing them my kitchen (ok, my Mom's kitchen) smelled like a chocolate factory and the best part is that you can lick the spoon after!

Ingredients

(shortest list ever!)

200 gr good quality Dark Chocolate

200 gr Mascarpone

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Chop 100 gr of chocolate, put it in a small pot and place it on a bigger pot filled with lightly boiling water (water bath). Mix it with a spoon until completely melted.





2. Spread the  melted chocolate on 20 small muffin-cups, turn upside-down the cups to let them dry.



3. For the filling, melt the remaining chocolate; put the mascarpone cheese, the melted chocolate and the vanilla extract in a bowl and amalgamate well. Put the cream in the fridge for a while.





4. Put the cream in a pastry bag and fill the cups. Garnish with cacao powder and almonds.



Yum Yum.

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