Showing posts with label Heavenly Toes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heavenly Toes. Show all posts

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Chocolate Chip Lava Cake

I've been so busy cooking lately and trying to get my blog going that Easter has snuck up on me. I always go overboard on holidays. Tomorrow will be the day! Until then, I got out my favorite Easter decoration...my Heavenly Toes Easter plate from when the girls were 2 1/2 years old. Their little feet were painted like chickens. If you have kids, these plates are a must. I have something for every holiday. Brings a smile to my face every time I get them out, sometimes there are a few tears.




Unfortunately, I've never met a dessert I didn't like. I'm not sure what to call this one, but this was the best I could come up with...Chocolate chip lava cake. If you like warm gooey chocolate chip cookies this will be perfect. If not, I'm assuming that just cooking it a little longer would fix that problem.






1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3 cups plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
16 oz. Bakers semi-sweet chocolate squares, coarsely chopped (plus one extra square for shavings if desired)
6 tbsp of Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate chips
Vanilla ice cream (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray ramekins or small oven-safe bowls with cooking spray.
2. Mix butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down the sides of the bowl after each. Mix in the vanilla.
3. Sift the flour, baking soda and salt together in a small bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture. Mix until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks.
3. Divide dough into 12 sections.  Place one section in the bottom of each prepared ramekin.  Place a Tbsp of semi-sweet chocolate chips in the very center of each.  Top with another section of cookie dough and press to seal sides.
4. Cook for 20-25 minutes, depending on size of bowls.

(skipping calories on this one)

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