Fun fact, did you know white chocolate is not chocolate? It's cocoa butter that is oftentimes even dyed white. My boss taught me that (I work at a café so it's not a big surprise). But I still love it, sorry.
These cookies were amazing. As I've stated many times before, I love white chocolate, so I guess it would've been pretty hard to make a cookie with white chocolate chips that I don't like. However, these just tasted perfect. A lot of it had to do with the extra two teaspoons of vanilla extract than normal. I even used vanilla bean paste, since I almost always do now and I swear I'm not an advertisement when I say that I think you all should to. Nevertheless, the combination of vanilla extract in the dough with the white chocolate chips worked perfectly.
Fun fact, did you know white chocolate is not chocolate? It's cocoa butter that is oftentimes even dyed white. My boss taught me that (I work at a café so it's not a big surprise). But I still love it, sorry.
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This is yet another batch of cookies going to be served to the French Club at my high school. I went on a little hunt for some interesting cookie recipes I can try and made a list that I am hoping to get through in the next couple of weeks. My only problem with some of these cookies is that the dough needs refrigeration, which I usually don't like, but this time I planned accordingly and it worked out. So, beware, the dough needs to chill. And it really isn't optional, it NEEDS to chill. Chocolate chocolate cookies like these ones are oftentimes a bit like brownie batter, so if you don't chill them they will come out like brownie crisps. If you don't believe me, try it for yourself, and you will get brownie crisps. Don't worry, I've done it before. Everyone has their fair share of baking fails. Speaking of which, I made a cake for my cousin's 9th birthday yesterday. Beautiful, chocolate cake, all finished and packed up in my handy-dandy cake container. As I walked out the door it fell out of the container and the cake fell splat on the top. Five-second rule, right? Everyone said it was delicious, but not the prettiest of all my cakes, I'll admit. Although, my uncle pointed out, I still have a pretty good record. I've made probably like 50+ cakes before and that was my first fall. Although I have had a bundt cake disaster, but that's a story, and if you've made a bundt cake, you have also probably had a bundt cake disaster, don't try and deny it.
Anyways, to the recipe. These are soooo delicious. They are so addicting it's crazy! Thank god they're leaving my house tomorrow, or else I would gain like 5 pounds this week just from these cookies. They are nice and soft, just like I like them, but not cakey, because I don't like that. Plus, they are loaded with chocolate! What's better? I'll tell you, nothing's better. I made these biscotti for my mom's Italian-themed dinner party, but I actually make them every week at the café I work at, so that can go to show you how good they are. They're super easy and amazingly quick! I call these "Basic Biscotti" because this is the recipe I use every time and then I spice it up by adding different ingredients for a new flavor every week. Some ideas for flavors are:
The biscotti pictured above and below is chocolate chip pecan biscotti. These are all the flavorings I've tried before. However, there are infinite many possibilities, which is one of the reasons I love biscotti so much! I was thinking the other day about maple walnut biscotti. I haven't tried it yet but I would do 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. of vegetable oil (instead of 3/4 cup), add 2 Tbsp. maple syrup, and do only 3/4 cup sugar, then use walnuts for the nut. They all sound so delicious! Tomorrow is another french club meeting at my school, which if you actually read my little blurbs under each recipe, you know that I am one of the leaders and bake for the members of the club every other Tuesday. They are some lucky people. I'll be honest though, since I always have to make them on a monday night when I have a lot of homework, I usually do something quick and easy like brownies or chocolate chip cookies (all homemade though, don't even mention boxes in front of me or I'll go off on a an extremely heated tangent). However, since I went to Florida last week and haven't posted in a while, I went with something more interesting so I could post it for you all.
And all this landed me at peanut butter stuffed brownies. I've made brownies before with King Arthur Flour mini peanut butter cups on top, and I've made peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies, but these brownies beat them all. I'm telling you, these brownies are perfectly fudgy, decadent, wonderful brownies, made even better with a melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter filling. We all know peanut butter and chocolate is a combination made in heaven, but this is the best combination of that combination I've ever tried, if you can follow me. Anyways, all I'm trying to say is go make these now! You probably have all the ingredients in your pantry and even if you don't want to eat them all (which will be hard not to do), then you can make some pretty good friends. |
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