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It’s been pretty crazy around here this week. I’ve been very busy with Joshua who is much improved but you know, still kind of cranky! I’ve also been busy doing write-ups, and working on some design calls…so many things to do and just not enough time.

 I thought I’d share one of our favorite family dessert recipes with you! As my oldest DS would say…chocolatey goodness. So yummy and chocolatey (is that a word!?LOL) and so easy to make. Chocolate is one of my many weaknesses and this is definite comfort food. It is one of my daughter’s faves and we made it last Thursday night for my MIL’s visit. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Hot Fudge Cake

In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder and salt. Stir in the milk, oil and vanilla until smooth. Spread in an ungreased 9-in. square baking pan. Combine brown sugar and remaining cocoa; sprinkle over batter. Pour hot water over all; do not stir. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Serve warm. Top with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.

My daughter has been asking me to teach her how to make sticky buns. I told her we’d make them on the March Break….can’t believe how fast the week has slipped by! So Friday afternoon…I decided we’d better get down to business and just do it. I couldn’t even find my recipe, it has been SO long since I made them. So I did some cookbook looking, so web surfing and pieced together a recipe from various sources to make up one the most like my old recipe. I think we hit a winner!

Julia’s Sticky Buns

1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup butter or magarine, cut up
4 cups bread flour ( I just used All-purpose)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspon salt
1 1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Add all ingredients to bread machine. Set on dough cycle and start. When dough cycle is complete…remove dough, punch down and let rest for 10 minutes.
In bottom of 9 x 13″ baking pan mix 4 tablespoons melted butter, 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup light corn syrup. Add pecans if desired.
Divide in half dough in half. Roll out dough into large rectange. Brush with melted butter, then sprinkle with cinnamon and brown sugar. Roll up length wise and pinch seam. Cut into 9 pieces and arrange in half of pan. Repeat with other half. Cover with Cling wrap and tea towel and allow to rise for 30-45 minutes until doubled. Remove covers and bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes. Turn over onto large tray so that glaze runs over the buns. Enjoy!

Every Saturday morning we have a hot breakfast. It is one of the only days of the week where we can all eat breakfast together and the kids always enjoy it. Sometimes it is pancakes, sometimes French Toast, bacon and eggs is a popular favorite, but this morning it was waffles. I always love Donkey’s quote and accent from Shrek, “And in the morning, we’re making waffles!” I think that it is all in how he says it! My daughter and I whipped up some waffles this morning with some raspberry sauce and some real maple syrup….what a treat! I thought that I’d share my recipe with you this morning.

Recipe:

2 cups all-purpose flower

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1.5 cups milk

2 eggs, separated

2 tablespoons butter or margerine, melted

1. Preheat wafflemaker, beat egg white until stiff, but not dry, Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and creamy.
3. Continue beating adding milk
4. Mix dry ingredietns together and gradually add to milk and egg mixture: beat until smooth.
5. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white and melted butter
6. Add 1/2 cup batter to preheated waffle iron. Bake until golden, about 3 minutes.
7. Enjoy!

For my large family, I make this recipe 1.5 times the amount.

I’m cooking up a little something sweet…in the kitchen as well as at my stamping desk. We were out of lunch box goodies this morning so I whipped up a little coffee cake treat to send with them to school. It is a good morning when you have laundry on and baking in the oven by 7:10! I got this recipe from my SIL Robin and it is oh, so, yummy! Stay tuned for the sweet little papercraft project I’m working on later today.

 Choco Coffee Cake

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspon vanilla

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon EACH baking powder & baking soda

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup chocolate chips

In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, 1 egg together. Mix well. Beat in 2nd egg and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, soda and sour cream. Beat to mix. Stir in chocolate chips. Turn into greased 9 x 13 pan.

Topping: Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 2 teaspoons cocoa and 1/4 cup butter together until crumbly. Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup nuts if desired.  Sprinkle over top of batter. Bake in 350° oven for 45 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Work with this academic site https://www.writinghelpfor.me/ to receive informative service out of wired educators.

This recipe is great for making ahead and can be frozen. I made mine in two 8″ round pans. They cook a little quicker this way (adjust time accordingly) an d you can freeze one of them easily. Not that that would ever happen with this large a family! To make it look as good as it tastes…I just take a few extra seconds to sprinkle it with icing sugar and drizzle the top with chocolate sauce.

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d share my recipe for Wheaten Bread with you. My mom is from Belfast Northern Ireland and I grew up eating Wheaten Bread made by my mom and my Nany (her mother). Wheaten bread is a quick bread made with whole wheat flour, white flour, buttermilk and a few other ingredients. It is so good with strawberry jam or cheese and so easy to make. My husband came home with a cool brand new mixer/blender combo yesterday and I just had to try it out last night. LOVE it! I can tell I’ll be doing LOTS of baking now!

Wheaten Bread Recipe

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cups white all-purpose flour

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 rounded teaspoons baking powder

1 cup buttermilk

3/4 cup 2% milk

Mix all ingredients together and spoon into greased and floured 9×5 loaf pan. Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes. I love to double this recipe. It freezes well, although I hardly need to with this large of a family. Enjoy! By all means https://essaywriterservice.net/ must be outstanding site.