Chocolate Cheesecake Swirl Cookies

Chocolate Cheesecake Swirl Cookies


½ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup butter

1 pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

½ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

1 cup chocolate chips, melted and slightly cooled

Cream butter, sugars and cream cheese. Add eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Drizzle melted chocolate over dough and fold gently, until marble pattern shows. Drop onto cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 350°.

...from a cookbook aptly titled, "Cookies." I can picture the cover in my head, but I don't remember any other specifics.

Mississippi Mud Cake

Mississippi Mud Cake

Apparently my grandma used to make this all the time. By the time I was around the standard was lemon Jell-O cake, pound cake, and homemade ice cream. But when someone finally made it while I was in college, I could see why it was my cousin's favorite ever.

Beat 4 eggs until lemony-colored. Add 2 cups sugar, 2 sticks melted margarine, 1 ½ cups flour, 1/3 cocoa, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 ½ cups chopped nuts. Pour into 9x13 greased and floured pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. While hot, spread 1 medium sized jar marshmallow crème on top.

Frosting:
1 stick margarine
6 tbsp milk
1/3 cocoa
1 box powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts

Mix frosting and spread on cooled cake.

Accidental Cookies

Accidental Cookies

One day while making chocolate chip cookies, I ran out of every single type of flour in the house. And by accident, they came out ridiculously awesome.

¾ cup white flour
1 ¼ cup whole wheat flour
2 to 2 ½ cups oatmeal
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 package chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans, or whatever nut strikes your fancy
Coconut, if you please

Put the oatmeal into a food processor and grind until you have a very course flour. Combine it with the other two flours, baking soda and salt. In a different bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, beat until fluffy. Sprinkle in small amounts of the dry ingredients. The dough will be dry, add milk if it gets unworkable. (i.e. you think the mixer may break). Add chocolate chips, nuts and coconut. I usually use ¾ package chocolate chips, but use more or less depending on your preferences. Bake at 375° for 9 to 11 minutes.