Triple Chocolate Cookies

Triple-Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:
7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar (we used 3/4 cup coconut sugar)
4 eggs
1 recipe chocolate drizzle

Instructions:

1.  In a saucepan combine the 7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, the 5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, and 1/2 cup butter.
2.  On low heat, stir until melted.
3.  Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
4.  In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.  set aside.
5.  In a large mixing bowl, combine the 1 cup sugar and 3/4 cup brown sugar (or coconut sugar in our case) and the 4 eggs.
6.  Beat the sugar and eggs for 1 minute with electric mixer for 2-3 minutes on medium.
7.  Beat in the chocolate mixture.
8.  Cover surface of cookie dough with plastic wrap for 20 minutes.
9.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  
10.  Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
11.  Drop dough by teaspoons onto parchment paper - 2 inches apart.
12.  Bake about 9 minutes or until tops are set.
13.  Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute, then transfer to wire racks to let cool.
14.  Spoon chocolate drizzle over the cookies.
15.  Enjoy.

Instructions for chocolate drizzle:
1.  In a small sacue pan heat 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces with 4 teaspoons butter over low heat until melted and smooth.
2.  Remove from heat.

Mark's Story - 
It is March 2020.  All home from school due to coronovirus.  I was watching Star Trek.  Then a cookbook is placed right in front of my face opened to this recipe.  Miriam told me she wanted to help me make these cookies.  So, the next day, after I completed working from home, Miriam and I made these cookies.

Mistakes we made - I made quite a few mistakes with this first attempt at these cookies but it still turned out well.

We had purchased packages of the baking chocolates required.  We start making it, and I realize that one package was only 4 ounces.  I went to Meijer and bought more packages so that Miriam and I could make these.

We skipped right over step number 8.  In the cookbook, everything is mushed together in paragraphs and we missed this step.  We just started placing the dough on the cookie sheets after mixing.  We only had 2 cookie sheets at a time, so the next several batches did have a chance to set longer.

Then I read in the origianal recipe that this was supposed to make like 60 cookies.  We made maybe 25-30.  We did not use teaspoons.  We used more like a tablespoon.

The chocolate drizzle - I was trying to multi-task and clean while the chocolate drizzle was melting.  I ended up slightly burning some of it.  I added more butter to smooth it out.  It wasn't badly and was salvageable.  We used it and was a fine.  A professional baker would have been able to tell the drizzle was "overdone".

Psalm 107:1 (NASB)
"O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His loving-kindness is everlasting."

Cheesy Garlic Bread

Cheesy Garlic Bread

Ingredients for the dough:
1 1/8 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 cup warm water
1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
2 cups bread flour

Ingredients for the cheesy garlic topping:
1 1/2 tablespoons salted butter - melted
1 clove garlic - minced
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
marinara pasta sauce, for dipping - optional

Instructions:
1.  In a large stand mixer bowl, combine 1/2 cup warm water with the sugar and yeast.
2.  Stir to combine and let rest for 5 minutes.
3.  Add the remaining 1/4 cup warm water, the olive oil, salt, and vinegar.
4.  Begin mixing on medium-low speed and gradually add the flour, knead for about 6 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
5.  Cover the bowl with a dry cloth/towel and let sit for 1 hour.
6.  Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
7.  Mix melted butter and garlic in a small bowl and set aside.
8.  Gently punch the dough down.  
9.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
10.  Spread the dough on the cookie sheet into a rectangle (about 1/3 inch thick).
11.  Spread the butter-garlic mixture over the dough.
12.  Top with parmesan and mozzarella cheese.
13.  Place in oven and bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
14.  Enjoy!!

Mark's Story:
This was actually Miriam's 4H project.  She did everything herself.  I was in the kitchen and supervised everything and answered questions.  Miriam did all the work though.  She got all the ingredients, measured and mixed them.  When it was all done, the cheesy breadsticks were really good.  Set aside some for 4H.

A week later, I made a batch myself for all of us to enjoy.

Psalm 107:1
"O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His loving-kindness is everlasting."  (NASB)