Lovin' From the Oven

Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Since it’s finals week, I need my staples to survive: iced coffee, chai tea lattes, candy, chocolate, cheez-its, and chocolate chip cookies. My dearest sister made me batch to take with me back to LA this week, since I didn’t have time to bake myself 🙂 My sister isn’t much of a baker, but she claims that she can make the best chocolate chip cookies and nothing else. She got this recipe from allrecipes.com a while ago and has been using it ever since. I can definitely see why! It’s exactly what it claims to be… “best big, fat, & chewy.” That’s another chocolate chip cookie recipe to add to my list. I’ll be living off of these until Thursday at 1PM.. then I’ll be done with school!!

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
  2. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
  4. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

A win for the Lakers!

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My last day of undergrad classes are officially over! Hooray! I celebrated with the bf by going to Crumb’s Bake Shop after school, and what did I see? A Lakers cupcake! How fitting for tonight’s game. Luckily we also got the W… Maybe I should buy a Lakers cupcake for every game as a good luck charm since it seemed to work tonight. 🙂

Excuse the poor lighting, I didn’t have time til after the game to take a picture because I didn’t have my camera with me. I even made the bf wait the entire day to eat it, since I wouldn’t let him take a bite out of it without a decent picture first. Ohhh wellll. This one was a plain vanilla cake with buttercream frosting and it was PERFECT! So moist and flavorful, just another reminder of why I love Crumbs so much. And just for kicks, me and the bf driving the cupcake back from Crumbs…

Apple Dapple Cake

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I’ve been a blogging addict as of late. With this one and my other one, I have the need to update one or the other every day. When I’m not updating, I’m always thinking of what I could bake/what outfit I could put together to update. It’s terrible with finals just around the corner. Just think.. I graduate IN A WEEK! Oh my goodness.


By the way, has anyone seen the movie UP? Umm best pixar movie ever! (actually I love monsters inc and toy story a heck of a lot). But UP was amazing! I’m a sucker for old people and old people love just makes my heart melt. I was crying within the first 5 minutes of the movie. Sad, I know… but if you haven’t seen it yet, I’d highly recommend it for all ages.


Yup, I’m still on that apple kick, getting rid of all the apples in my house. When I saw this cake, I knew I had to make it because 1.) there are apples in the recipe and 2.) just look how moist it is! I actually LOVED this cake. My dad thought it was best warm, right out of the oven and I thought it was the best after it had cooled for a couple of hours. It wasn’t very sweet, even with the glaze, which makes it perfect for an afternoon/morning snack. Original recipe can be found from A Southern Grace HERE.


Cake:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup applesauce
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 cups finely chopped apples

Glaze:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk

1.) In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center and set aside.
2.) In a medium bowl, combine eggs, oil, applesauce, and vanilla. Add the wet mixture to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Stir in apples.
3.) Spread the batter in a greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 45-50 minutes.
4.) For the glaze, combine the brown sugar, butter, and milk in a small saucepan. Cook and stir until bubbly and all of the sugar is dissolved. Cool slightly. Drizzle warm over cake when it has cooled for 5 minutes, so it can seep into the cake and keep it moist and completely irresistible.

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