Double Chocolate Cookies

Some days are chocolate kind of days. Today was that day. I knew when I woke up in the morning that sometime during the day I was going to find a way to consume some chocolate. Believe it or not my freezer is full of a bag with mini candy bars. Almost one of each kind. It is waiting for me…calling my name and waiting for a time this summer when I can have a chocolate eating party. It would have been sooo easy to reach into the freezer and eat that Reese's peanut butter cup making my mouth water. But then I thought of my baby boy who was busy laughing as he put the remote in and out of a metal can over and over like it was the funniest thing in the world. And I knew that Mr. Reese’s would have to wait. But there had to be a way to make egg free butter free chocolate chocolate cookies. I found a recipe full of eggs and butter and went on my merry way changing things until I felt like I had dough that just might bake into a cookie. And let me tell you….we most definitely had cookies my friends! One of the best cookies I have had in a long time. They were super soft and perfectly chocolaty. Yum.

Here is what you need:
1/2 Cup Oil (I used canola)
1/4 Cup Applesauce
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
2 Cups Flour
1/2 Cup Cocoa
3 Tbsp Almond Milk (Any milk will work)


Mix all ingredients in a bowl in no particular order. When you are done you won’t necessarily have a ball of dough like when you make normal cookies. The dough will be just a little bit crumbly and separate. It is okay! Just take the dough and mush it together in a ball place on cookie sheet and flatten the ball just a little bit with a cup.

Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. They won't seem done but leave them on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes and they will be perfectly ready for eating.


Tips from Kj:
Add Chocolate Chips! Or pieces of candy…Reese's pieces, m&m’s, butterfingers crushed, etc. I would have if I had any.
The flattening cookie step is optional! I did it for the first sheet and not the second and I actually kinda like the thicker cookie…it is really soft in the middle)





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Apple Crisp with Caramel Sauce (Our Sizzling Apple Pie)

When I was dating my hubby we felt like we had money! We would take each other out all the time! Then we got married and it was like all of our money was sucked into a black hole and we felt like we had to save save save all we could. Anyone else feel like that? We still go out on dates and do things but we are so super frugal now it is a little crazy. I am almost afraid to leave college and go into the real world because I only know how to be frugal. How to not buy that gallon of ice cream, steak, shrimp, cheesecake because we can’t afford it. It is going to be really weird when I am able to do those things. I think I will feel awkward spending money. We’ll see.

Anyway. During our dating lives we would always to go Applebees on the 4th of every month. (because we met that day) and have sizzling apple pie. Which just so happens to be the best thing ever. Once we were married we stopped going as much and I decided that this was just not acceptable and that we needed our own version of sizzling apple pie that we could have every month. After probably 5 months I came up with one that we LOVE. It is so good. With our without ice cream you will be wanting more! I wish I had a picture with ice cream for this post but we didn’t have any and ate every single bite and licked the pan clean before I had time to buy any.

And now for the recipe that will change your life:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the crisp:

4 Apples peeled and chopped into squares
3 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
1/3 Cup Sugar
1 tsp. Flour
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

Place the chopped apples in either a pie pan or an 8x8 baking dish. Squeeze the lemon juice on the top. Mix the sugar, flour, and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the apples. Mixing so all of the apples are coated.

Topping:

1 Cup Oats
1/3 Cup Flour
1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
1/4 tsp. Baking Powder
1/8 tsp. Baking Soda
2 Tablespoons Butter

Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix with 2 forks until it is crumbly. Sprinkle all over the top of the apples.

Bake at 350 for 30 Minutes. It will be nice and golden brown on top when it is done.

Meanwhile make the caramel sauce. This is sooooo easy and really yummy!

Caramel Sauce:

In a  saucepan melt 2 Tablespoons butter. Add 6 Tablespoons brown sugar and 1/2 cup milk. (I used vanilla almond milk) Simmer for about 3 minutes and then you are done! It is a very runny caramel sauce but it is perfect for this apple crisp. And for mug brownies…as a side note.

Tips from Kj:

ADD ICE CREAM. It only adds to the goodness! You can never go wrong with a scoop, or two, or three!

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Desserts in a Mug

So a while ago my mom was telling me how she made a brownie in a mug in the microwave. She sent me the recipe and it was awesome because it had no “allergies” in it. And it was personal sized just for me! I was immediately obsessed with Mug anything, but especially the brownie. I liked the recipe she had found but I felt like it could use a little tweaking. After a while and a TON of trial mug brownies I have now decided on the ultimate mug brownie recipe:

1/4 Cup Flour
1/4 Cup Sugar
2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp Vanilla
2 Tablespoons Oil or Melted Butter
3 Tablespoons water

Mix in Mug. Microwave for 1 Minute 40 Seconds.

Mark began to get jealous of my mug brownie deliciousness each night and asked me to make him a mug something. He loves snickerdoodles so I decided a “cinnamony” mug cake would do the trick. I just tweaked my brownie recipe a bit and came up with an awesome Mug dessert. I had one too and it was so yummy! Definitely a keeper! 

1/4 c flour
2 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Oil
3 Tbsp Milk
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Vanilla

Mix in mug. Microwave for 1 Minute 30 seconds.

Tips from Kj:

Adding a tablespoon of peanut butter to the brownie one is yummy!

Adding caramel sauce to either mug dessert is also super good!

If you have chocolate chips you can add it to the brownie and make it extra chocolaty!

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