Then the extra terror when you know you; a.) can't go to all of them b.) really have not got the dolla to buy everyone the gift you know they deserve?
*waves*
Yep! That was what happened to me this week! I felt so bad, there was just no way we could work that amount of parties into our, already hectic, schedule and fo sheezay no way we could afford to eat out that much. But I felt so bad telling them we couldn't come, especially as so many of them are moving away so I don't know when I'd really see them again! As luck would have it, I had just bought all of that lovely sugar on my last shopping trip, so now it was just down to finding a recipe...
Let me just say 1 thing: "Thank God for Pinterest"
I managed to locate this gorgeous recipe for Triple chocolate cookies.
The recipe below is adapted from the budgetgourmetmom.com link above (Y)
Triple chocolate cookies <3
They were seriously good, they cake out as almost cake/cookie hybrids. If you've ever tried lebkuchen, I guess in some ways it was a similar texture in the middle. Cake-ies!
Ingredients+ 1 1/4 cup butter, melted+ 1 cup granulated sugar+ 1 cup brown sugar (I used dark)+ 2 large eggs+ 2 teaspoons vanilla+ 1 teaspoon baking soda+ 1 teaspoon salt+ 3/4 cup cocoa (I used chocolate slimfast...it was all I had!)+ 2 - 3 cups all purpose flour
+ 1 medium bar of milk chocolate*
+ 1 medium bar of white chocolate*
+ 1 medium bar of dark chocolate*
* In all honesty, you can freestyle the chocolate a fair amount. I made the first batch with about 2 lines of a big bar of each but the second I made with 4 lines and it turned out just as good. (If not better, in my opinion extra chocolate is ALWAYS better.)
Method:+ Preheat oven to 160°-170°
+ Measure out the butter and pop it in the microwave just long enough for it to melt, which was around 12 seconds for me. Put it in a mixing bowl with the granulated and brown sugar and stir until blended.+ Add in the eggs and vanilla. Then beat until smooth.+ Stir in the baking soda, salt, and cocoa/slimfast/hot chocolate powder. Add the flour 1/2 a cup at a time and mix it in until the dough is no longer sticky.+ Chop up the chocolate into small-ish chunks and fold it into the mixture.+ Place tablespoon size balls onto a baking sheet, 2 inches apart then bake for 12 minutes.
amnamnamnmanam.
Batch 1 made around 24 cookies, which I wrapped first in baking paper and then in some ice cream fabric which I had in my craft box :) I cut small lines of yellow material off of another stray fabric I had in the box and used them as ribbons to tie the ends. Cookie bon-bons! There is a picture of it up top. I handed them out and everyone loved them. I've been asked to make more! I'm so happy they liked their gifts and I wish them lots of love in their new homes <3
Happy baking!
xxxxx
+ 1 medium bar of milk chocolate*
+ 1 medium bar of white chocolate*
+ 1 medium bar of dark chocolate*
* In all honesty, you can freestyle the chocolate a fair amount. I made the first batch with about 2 lines of a big bar of each but the second I made with 4 lines and it turned out just as good. (If not better, in my opinion extra chocolate is ALWAYS better.)
Method:+ Preheat oven to 160°-170°
+ Measure out the butter and pop it in the microwave just long enough for it to melt, which was around 12 seconds for me. Put it in a mixing bowl with the granulated and brown sugar and stir until blended.+ Add in the eggs and vanilla. Then beat until smooth.+ Stir in the baking soda, salt, and cocoa/slimfast/hot chocolate powder. Add the flour 1/2 a cup at a time and mix it in until the dough is no longer sticky.+ Chop up the chocolate into small-ish chunks and fold it into the mixture.+ Place tablespoon size balls onto a baking sheet, 2 inches apart then bake for 12 minutes.
amnamnamnmanam.
Batch 1 made around 24 cookies, which I wrapped first in baking paper and then in some ice cream fabric which I had in my craft box :) I cut small lines of yellow material off of another stray fabric I had in the box and used them as ribbons to tie the ends. Cookie bon-bons! There is a picture of it up top. I handed them out and everyone loved them. I've been asked to make more! I'm so happy they liked their gifts and I wish them lots of love in their new homes <3
Happy baking!
xxxxx
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