Whole Wheat Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

I feel that Pumpkin and fall go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Delicious.  These cookies are so delicious and the best part about them is they are pretty healthy and I don't feel guilty eating them like I may feel with other cookies.  These cookies are from my childhood.  My mother used to make these when I was growing up, but she would usually put raisins or nuts in instead of the chocolate chips, which is the way I prefer. So here is this wonderful quick and easy recipe.

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup Pumpkin
1 Egg
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Nutmeg
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking Powder
2 1/4 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup Chocolate Chips (I prefer Dark Chocolate)

Preheat your oven to 400 F.  Place the sugar, butter, pumpkin, egg and vanilla in a bowl and blend until smooth.  Then add all the dry ingredients and stir until combined.  Stir in the chocolate chips.  Then bake on a greased cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes.  Let cool on the cookie sheet for about 1 minute before transferring to a cooling rack. Then enjoy the wonderful taste of these cookies and the cool weather and changing leaves.

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Chocolate Gelato

Well the weather has been a lot warmer recently so than means that I have been wanting to eat foods that are cold, especially after a trip to the park.  So when I say food I really mean dessert.  I think one delicious thing to eat in the summer is Gelato.  I adapted the recipe that I found here because I didn't have all the ingredients that it called for, but my improvising worked just fine.

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

2 Tablespoons cornstarch

Pinch of Salt

2 1/2 Cups of milk, divided (original recipe called for whole milk, but I used what I had)

5 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1.  In a medium saucepan, combine the 1st three ingredients, sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Then gradually add 1/4 cup of milk while whisking to dissolve the cornstarch. Then whisk in the remaining 1 3/4 milk. (reserve 1/2 cup for the end)

2.  Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and comes to a boil (this takes the longest).  Allow to boil for 1 minute, stirring occasionally then remove from heat. 

3. Add the chocolate and let it sit for 1 minute. Stir until the chocolate is melted and smooth.

4. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl.  Mix in the additional 1/2 cup of milk and the vanilla. 

5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours but preferably overnight.

6. Place your gelato into your ice cream maker and freeze according to your manufacturer's directions.

Enjoy!

Please excuse the terrible phone pictures but my camera battery charger is broken and a new one is on it's way.

 

Slow Cooker Hot Fudge Cake

As I was looking through this blog I found a couple of drafts that I began and never finished. This was one of those drafts that I began a while ago. But after making it again I decided it was time to share. So here is a really yummy dessert for you. If you are looking for a really easy dessert that you put in the slow cooker and serve it when you are ready then this is the recipe for you. This cake is pretty good, and although this picture that I have doesn't show the hot fudge but it is really good. The cool thing about this cake is that the hot fudge you end up mixing on top of the cake but during the baking process the hot fudge ends up being on the bottom.

Ingredients:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup flour
3 Tbs, unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbs melted butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 3/4 cup boiling water

Directions:
1. Mix together 1 cup brown sugar, flour, 3 Tbsp. cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
2. Stir in milk, butter, and vanilla. Spread over the bottom of slow cooker.
3. Mix together 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Sprinkle over mixture in slow cooker.
4. Pour boiling water. Do not stir.
5. Cover and cook on high 2-3 hours until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
6. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream

I hope you enjoy trying this delicious cake and sharing with your family and friends.

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Double Chocolate Banana Bread

If you like banana bread and you like chocolate, then you will love this bread. It is really rich and delicious and it doesn't take that long to make. The longest thing is waiting for it to bake.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1 1/4 cups mashed bananas (about 3)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350. Spray bottom of an 8X4 loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. Beat sugar, eggs, and oil in a large bowl at medium speed until combined. Beat in banana and vanilla at low speed. Combine flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda in a medium bowl; beat in the banana mixture at low speed, just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips

3. Spoon Batter into pan. Bake for 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

This is what the finished product looks like.

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