30 August 2008

Amazingly Quick Homemade Treats: 2 chocolate recipes!

Hey Zephyr
As you showed me a choc-PB cake recently, I thought you would enjoy these for when you need a quick baking fix. Amazing, amazing, amazing - the hot chocolate pudding takes 3 mins, seriously, and the cookies never see the inside of the oven!

C H O C O L A T E M U G C A K E
This recipe is going around by email but with ugly pictures, so I am retyping it and showing you my midnight snack from a week ago. I had it plain with a glass of milk and it was yummy but with a scoop of vanilla icecream and Hershey's chocolate syrup added just before serving, it would be perfection.

Madness:
Your favourite coffee mug, empty
4 tablespoons plain flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons good quality cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
cinnamon
choc-chips, craisins, m&ms or other optional extras

Method:
Mix all dry ingredients in the coffee mug.
Crack in the egg and mix properly so there is no dry flour left in the mug at all.
Pour in the milk and oil (2 tblspoons oil is ok).
Microwave on high for 3 mins - it will rise - then let set but enjoy while still warm.


NO BaKe oAtmeAl Choc/Peanut/Butter cooKies
Um, cookies are the yummiest, funnest, most special thing in the world - you can eat them when you're happy, you can eat them when you're sad. My favourites are Pepperidge Farm soft-bake oatmeal-craisin, but for making your own no-bake cookies are brilliant too. I just made a batch of these - some genius posted them at Recipezaar.com. They are currently cooling because they need to set. I guarantee you will not be able to wait - you will be eating the mixture with a spoon.


Madness:
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar (I halved this from 2 cups! Crazy Americans)
3 tablespoons butter (organic sets best)
3 tablespoons cocoa
3 cups quick-oats
1/2 cup or two huge scoops of PB (can be organic no added sugar)
cinnamon

Method:
In a medium sized pan, SLOWLY bring to the boil the first 4 ingredients, to dissolve sugar.
Bring to a fast boil then let boil for at least one minute - this is essential.
Take off the heat, stir in PB.
Stir through the oats thoroughly.
Drop out onto baking sheets, press slightly.
Put in fridge to set (but eat at room temp) or just let cool (be cool)

yummy!
xx Feather

P.S
If you feel guilty eating treats, you can get cardio by jumping around in excitement before you eat them and dancing in celebration with them in your hand, you know like Eddie Murphy with ice-cream. haha!

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