Donna S Chocolate Solution To Pms Recipes

DONNA'S COCONUT ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat butter, shortening, and sugar in a bowl until creamy. Mix almond and vanilla extracts and salt into creamed mixture. Gradually beat in flour until smooth. Stir coconut into dough.
• Scoop up dough by heaping tablespoonfuls, roll into balls, and arrange about 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Dip the bottom of a glass in flour and press cookies 1/4 inch thick.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets for 2 or 3 minutes before removing cookies.
• While cookies are baking, heat half the chocolate chips in a small bowl in a microwave oven for 30 seconds; stir. Repeat steps, heating and stirring until chocolate chips are melted, smooth, and warm. Place remaining chocolate chips into melted chocolate and continue heating and stirring until all chips are melted and just warm. Transfer melted chocolate to a resealable plastic sandwich bag. Snip a small corner off the bag with a scissors.
• Hold the bag like a pastry bag and squeeze a thin line of melted chocolate onto warm cookies in a zigzag pattern. Transfer cookies to cooling racks to let the chocolate harden, about 30 minutes.

MOLTEN CHOCOLATE CHUNK BROWNIES

Steps:

• Place the flour, cocoa, both the sugars, the butter, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl and mix until smooth.
• Add the chocolate and stir to combine.
• Preheat oven to 160°C (325°F).
• Lightly grease a 20cm square tin and line with non-stick baking paper.
• Spread the mixture into the tin.
• Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until the brownie is set.
• Allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before slicing into squares and serving warm, or allow to cool completely in the tin.

PMS COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Spread peanut butter on one Ritz crackers.
• 2. Then add marshmallow cream to another cracker.
• 3. Sandwich both together.
• 4. Place cookies on waxed paper and allow to harden. (I find that if you put the paper or Silpat on a cookie sheet and place it in the freezer for 5 minutes, the cookies harden up faster!).
• 5. Melt chocolate bark (I like Ghirardelli the best) in a microwave or double boiler.
• 6. Dip sandwiched cookies into chocolate, covering both sides. After they harden, store in an airtight container.
• 7. Enjoy!

GRANDMA DONNA'S CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F Cream butter and brown sugar together until smooth until fluffy (about 2 minutes). Add egg, cocoa, buttermilk, vanilla and baking soda. Mix well. Add flour and mix until combined. Mixture should be thicker. While mixer is on, slowly add water. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop cookies onto a lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Frost with Grandma's Chocolate Cookie Frosting Top with whole walnut - Grandma's signature!

DONNA'S CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans well.
• Sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and soda.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until lemon colored; beat in sugar and oil. Stir in vanilla, zucchini, and cooled chocolate. Mix dry ingredients into zucchini mixture. Stir in the chopped almonds. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 15 to 20 minutes, then flip onto racks to finish cooling.