Lovin' From the Oven

Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

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You know how sometimes you make such a darn good recipe that you need to shout it from the rooftops? This is it. This is the only good thing that has come from 2020 so far and I’m here to share it with you.

This is the best cookie recipe I’ve made in probably the last ten years. Believe me when I say this is good. I couldn’t even wait to post it. I baked them today, took photos, and immediately got on my computer as soon as the girls fell asleep.

Honestly, I haven’t felt this inspired with my blog in a while. I even updated the PHP, got my Pinterest button to work again, and updated allllll the things. I feel like my blog just got a second breath. Speaking of, I need to give a shoutout to the tech support at HostGator. THEY’RE AWESOME! I spent two nights trying to figure out things with making my blog secure again and they solved my issue in literally eight minutes via chat. Coders are magical fairies.

Ok, back to these cookies. This picture above is from having no patience and picking it up ten minutes after I took them out of the oven. They look super under-baked, but they really just need time to sit. I promise they’ll toughen back up with time to the perfect consistency.

See what I mean? Do you believe me now? Patience is key for these. Also, making gigantic cookies that are normally four servings each is the way to go. I don’t know if I’ll ever make a regular sized cookie again.

This is my first recipe from A Bountiful Kitchen and it’s veryyy impressive. They really do taste, look, and feel like Levain cookies. Levain cookies are still my favorite cookies on earth. I haven’t found another like it… until now.

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

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Are you guys tired of baking banana bread yet? I saw this on Instagram from Chelsweets and knew I had to try it immediately. When people claim and make something else “banana,” it ends up looking exactly like banana bread in different shapes. This one actually looked different.

Oh boy, it is different. These are dense, flavorful, and chewy. They’re much more of a bar than a bread. It’s what it claims to be!

I let them cool completely before digging in since I baked them at 10PM at night. They were so good in the morning! I bet they would have been better warm, but I’ll never know. Half of the pan is already gone since my DH and children (mostly DH) devoured it.

This is the first recipe I’ve tried from Chelsey, but I’ve been a long time follower of her on Instagram. She makes the most beautiful cakes!

Recipe ever so slightly adapted from Chelsweets.

Day 12: Flourless Chocolate S’mores Cookies

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Day 12 of my 12 days of cookies; Flourless chocolate s’more cookies. I’m squeezing this last cookie in right in the nick of time. I made these today, but I was a little short on powdered sugar so my cookies didn’t come out quite as tall.

The taste was all there, though. I have to add confectioners sugar to my grocery list and remake these cookies ASAP.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Thank you so much for following along my blog and for all of your support throughout this past year!

This recipe comes from Deliciously Yum.

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Day 12: Flourless Chocolate S’mores Cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 to 4 large egg whites, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup graham crackers, broken into pieces plus extra for topping cookies
  • 1/4 cup mini marshmallows, cut in half plus extra for topping cookies (I didn't cut mine)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with Silpats.
  2. Using a stand mixer, whisk together confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Add two egg whites and vanilla. If batter seems too thick, add another egg white until batter is thick, but moist. If it's too runny, add more powdered sugar.
  3. Gently fold in chocolate chips, graham cracker pieces, and mini marshmallows.
  4. Place about 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter per cookie on the prepared baking sheet. Top each cookie with additional graham cracker pieces and marshmallows.
  5. Bake for 10 minutes. Let cookies cool completely before removing from the cookie sheet.

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