Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Baker's Chocolate & Mocha Sweethearts from kraftfoods.com

These are a bit of a commitment but they are so worth it!! If you are on Weight Watchers, this is NOT recommended. For the rest of us without willpower...it's your normal delicious brownie with a twist and my 2 cents... Enjoy!

BAKER'S Chocolate & Mocha Sweethearts 4 squares BAKER'S Unsweetened Chocolate
3/4 cup  (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
4   eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup  flour
1/2 cup Suisse Mocha Café, or any other flavor
6 squares  BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate
1-1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter

12 oz Cool Whip
HEAT oven to 350°F.
LINE 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Spray foil with cooking spray.
MICROWAVE unsweetened chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and flavored instant coffee; stir until well blended. Spread into prepared pan.
BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake.) Cool completely. Use foil handles to remove brownie from pan; cut into shapes with 1-1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. (Reserve scraps for snacking or another use.) Melt semi-sweet chocolate as directed on package. Dip tops of brownie hearts in chocolate or get a spoon full and drizzle it on. That was easier for me. Refrigerate until chocolate is firm.

TOP with dollops of the Cool Whip to soften the sweetness of the brownie


Check out http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/dessert/chocolate-center/Pages/chocolate-center.aspx for more yummy chocolate things like the easy 


Warm Chocolate Pudding Cakehttp://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/warm-chocolate-pudding-cake-112458.aspx

Baked "Wally"

My hubby wants you to know that this is "Husband Approved..."  The pasta in this dish looks.. like Wally's eyes hence the name Baked "Wally" created by my 4 year old.  It's readlly good and bakes for 20 minutes so you have time to clean up the mess that you just made by cooking it!

Baked "Wally"
1 lb Mezzi Rigatoni (or whatever short pasta is in your cupboard at the time)
1 lb ground turkey (or whatever meat...)
2 big handfuls of Baby Spiniach (chopped)
1 package of mozzorella cheese shredded
1 jar store bought sauce (I used the 3 cheese Marinara from F and E )
1 can stewed tomatoes
1/2 - 1 cup Parmesan 
2 garlic cloves minced (I buy the pre-minced garlic at Costco in the jar)
salt and pepper
cayenne pepper-3-4 good shakes
a couple shakes of basil (I by the frozen basil at TJ that pops out like cubes and I used 3)
1. Heat oven to 375 and boil water for pasta and cook 1 min under recommended time. Put aside when cooked. 
2.Cook the ground turkey until browned with garlic, some pepper, cayenne, basil, salt. 
3. Turn to low heat and add chopped spinach to turkey and stir. 
4. Add stewed tomatoes and sauce and simmer for 2 minutes. 
5. Add cooked pasta and Parmesan. 
6. Put layer 1 of pasta mixture 1/3 cheese, repeat 2 more times topping with the cheese.
7. Cook for 20 minutes and enjoy!