Delicious Sweet Treats

Annabel’s & Co. Catering, 2017

Delicious Nutella Filled Oatmeal Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature

1 cup dark brown sugar

⅓ cup white sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1½ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon kosher salt

3 cups rolled oats

8 oz. dark chocolate, chopped

¾ cup hazelnuts, toasted and chopped

½ cup Nutella (or any chocolate hazelnut butter)

Flaky sea salt, optional but recommended

Directions

In a large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar, until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time until well blended, and then add the vanilla extract.

Combine the oats, flour, baking soda, and salt. Add into the butter mixture and beat until just combined.

Fold in chocolate chunks and hazelnuts. Chill cookie dough, covered, for at least one hour or up to three days.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and fill each cookie dough ball with about 1 teaspoon of Nutella. You can do this by flattening the dough and pressing it around the Nutella, or using a cookie scoop, make an indentation in the middle of the dough, place the Nutella in the indentation, and then cover with more cookie dough. Form the dough into balls and arrange about 3 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

Sprinkle cookies with flaky sea salt, if desired. Bake cookies for 12 minutes, or until just pale golden brown. Cool cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes and transfer to racks to cool completely.
(Source: bakerita.com)

Delicious Chocolate Covered Oreos

Annabel’s & Co. Catering, 2016

Merry Christmas

Delicious Gingerbead Men Cookies

 

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 cup hot water

1 cup molasses

5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tablespoons ground ginger

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Parchment paper

Royal Icing

Buttermilk Frosting

Assorted candies

Assorted decorator sugar crystals

Preparation

1. Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until fluffy.

2. Stir together baking soda and 1/4 cup hot water until dissolved; stir in molasses.

3. Stir together flour and next 4 ingredients. Add to butter mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Shape mixture into a ball; cover and chill 1 hour.

4. Preheat oven to 350°. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut dough with a 4-inch gingerbread man-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.

5. Bake at 350° for 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets 2 minutes; transfer to wire racks. Cool completely (about 30 minutes).

6. Spoon Royal Icing into a small zip-top plastic freezer bag. Snip 1 corner of bag to make a small hole; pipe faces on cookies, or spread cookies with Buttermilk Frosting. Decorate cookies as desired with candies and sugar crystals.

Gingerbread Snowflake Cookies: Prepare recipe as directed, cutting dough with a 1- to 2 1/2-inch snowflake-shaped cutter. Place 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 13 to 17 minutes. Cool and decorate as directed. Makes: about 9 dozen. Hands-on time: 1 hr.; Total time: 4 hr., 50 min., including icing and frosting.

 

(Source: myrecipes.com)

Delicious Sweet Treats

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