Tuesday Cook Off ~ Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake

Tuesday Cook Off ~ Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake

I want to apologize to everyone for taking the last two weeks off.   I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  In this house we had three out of four of us sick, family in town plus Christmas…it’s been an adventure!   So with that being said it’s time to get back to blogging.   Oh, how I have missed cooking and baking for the blog.   So after everyone finally was better I decided to make a chocolate chip loaf cake.   They boys wanted something sweet but not too sweet for dessert one night.   This loaf cake did not disappoint.  It literally was gone in a 24- hour period!! My husband loved it and he’s not a big sweets person at all.

Recipe from : Mama’s Gotta Bake

Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake

Yields two 9 x 5 loafs.   I cut the recipe in half and just made one loaf.  Next time I will definitely make both loafs and freeze one 🙂

Ingredients: 

• 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 8 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 cups (1-12 ounce bag) semi-sweet chocolate chips

 Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. With a pastry brush and melted butter, grease the bottom and sides of two 9″ x 5″ loaf pans and line with parchment paper greasing the parchment paper also.
2. Sift the flour and salt together in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. With the mixer on low, stir in the vanilla extract.
4. In a large bowl, lightly beat the 8 eggs and then add them to the butter-sugar mixture, mixing until they’re incorporated. With the mixer on low, mix in the flour until it is incorporated. With the mixer on low, add in the chocolate chips.
5. Divide the batter evenly between the two pans.
6. Bake for about 65 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs.
7. Cool cakes in the pans on wire racks for 30 minutes before removing from the pans.

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Tuesday Cook Off ~ Christmas Hugs

Now I know this isn’t exactly baking or cooking but I thought it was such a cute idea for Christmas I wanted to share with you all.   Christmas Hugs make the perfect gift for your neighbors, employees, teachers, etc.  I found the idea on Pinterest and my boys even had fun helping me make them for everyone.  I will be honest taking off the wrappers to the Kisses and Rolo’s was probably the hardest thing about this gift 🙂

Christmas Hugs straight from the oven

Ingredients:

• 50 rolos or hugs (we did a combination of the two)
• 50 pretzels (Snyders Butter Snaps)
• 50 M&M’s

Directions: 

1. 1. Heat oven to 325°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or foil.
2. 2. Place pretzels on baking sheet. Top each pretzel with one unwrapped rolo or hug.
3. 3. Bake 3 to 5 minutes (2 1/2 minutes was perfect for me) or until chocolate begins to soften, but not melt. Remove from oven; top with either M&M, pecan half or additional pretzel. Cool completely.

We got the idea from I Heart Nap Time blog!

Christmas Hugs

Finished gift ~ Christmas Hugs

My Baby Pajamas wishes everyone a Happy Holiday season! Enjoy!

Tuesday Cook Off ~ Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tuesday Cook Off ~ Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

I want to apologize that I missed last Tuesday’s post.   With Thanksgiving and my parents in town from Illinois, I was just overwhelmed!  Plus, business is picking up with everyone trying to get his or her last minute Christmas pajamas.   Just FYI, we are almost sold out of our Sara’s Prints Christmas pajamas 🙂  There are only a few sizes left in stock.

Now back to Tuesday Cook Off!  So when my mom was in town we cooked a lot and tried some new recipes and I will be sharing them with you soon.   She showed me a quick and easy calzone recipe that everyone loved.

Before it gets too late for pumpkin, I wanted to share this amazing pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.   These cookies were so good!  I even made a second batch to freeze so I can grab a cookie when the urge hits.  My family and I agree these are the best pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.  But I will let you be the judge!

Recipe from: I Heart Nap time

Ingredients:

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp milk
• 1 TB vanilla
• 1 11oz bag chocolate chips

Directions: 

Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir into the wet ingredients. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Stir for about one minute.  Add vanilla and chocolate chips and stir until combined.  Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Drop cookies on by the spoonful. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

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