Monday, December 3, 2012

Nutella and Salted Caramel Stuffed Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Re-posted from: http://www.topwithcinnamon.com/2012/11/nutella-and-salted-caramel-stuffed-double-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

This looks DELICIOUS. I'll need to try this someday! You should probably look at the original post -- she has these lovely animated gifs so you can see how she makes the cookies. :)

Nutella and Salted Caramel Stuffed Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (110g) butter
1 1/2 cups (350g) light brown sugar
1/2 cup (55g) cocoa powder
2 eggs 1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour
3.5 oz (100g) milk or dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup nutella
1x recipe for Salted caramel (see notes)


Instructions:

  1. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) 
  2. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Take off the heat and stir in the brown sugar, cocoa, eggs and salt until well combined. Add the baking soda and flour and stir until just combined, then stir in the chocolate chips. 
  3. Refrigerate the dough while you make the caramel (see notes) 
  4. Take 1 heaped tbsp of dough, use your finger make a large indentation the centre of the dough; fill the indentation with a small blob of nutella (like 1/2 tsp ish), and top it up with the still-warm salted caramel. Top with a flattened tablespoon of dough, and seal the edges. (See the original recipe for the gifs!)
  5. Sprinkle with fleur de sel and bake for 8-10 minutes. 


Notes:
- you can find the salted caramel recipe here (don’t worry, it’ll lits take less than 15 minutes)
- alternatively, you can melt 1/2 cup of soft caramels with 2-3 tbsp of milk and use that to fill the cookies, or just put a rolo into the middle of the cookie with the nutella.


Can't wait to try it! (Or get someone else to make it for me! :D)

Arare Crispix

My friend made this yummy, salty-sweet "chex mix" and it's SO delicious!

Arare Crispix Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Vegetable oil
1/2 Cup Corn syrup
2 Tbsp Shoyu (soy sauce)
1 stick Butter
3/4 Cup sugar

2-3 boxes of Crispix (3 boxes recommended, otherwise it gets too saturated -- but do it to taste)
1 Jar Nori Komi Furikake

You'll need a large, oven-safe aluminum bowl. (It could be baked on a baking sheet, but it might burn. It's also easier to stir in the big bowl.)


Instructions:
  1. Melt oil, corn syrup, shoyu, butter, and sugar together.
  2. Pour over Crispix in a large bowl evenly. 
  3. Pour furikake over evenly. 
  4. Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hr 15 min, stirring every 15 minutes.
  5. After baking is done, it's best to spread it all out on aluminum foil (like, wrap your table in aluminum foil and spread it all out) so the mixture can air out and cool without all the pieces sticking together.

YUM! I ate this like candy.