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  1. Chocolate Chip Cookies

    This recipe makes about 12 quite large cookies, or 24 medium cookies

    Ingredients:

    2 sticks very soft butter

    1 cup of packed brown sugar

    ¾ cup of granulated white sugar

    2 large eggs

    1 teaspoon of vanilla

    2 cups of all purpose flour, scoop measured

    1 teaspoon salt

    1 teaspoon baking soda

    1.5 cups of El Rey Mijao or Bucare baking discos, chopped a little

    ½ cup of chopped pecans

    A cookie sheet and either parchment paper or a silicon baking pad

    chocolate chip cookie

    Directions:

    In a mixer, cream together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla

    In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda

    Thoroughly mix together the butter mixture and the flour mixture in your large bowl.  Add the chocolate and pecans and mix well.

    Put your large bowl, covered with plastic, into the refrigerator for at least two hours – until the cookie dough has firmed up.

    Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.  Take the cookie dough out of the refrigerator, and using a tablespoon, roll cookie dough into balls for baking – each one about 1 tablespoon, depending on how big you want your cookies – and put on your cookie sheet, which has either parchment paper or a silicone baking pad on it.    Bake at 325 degrees JUST until you don’t see raw dough in the middle of each cookie.  The dough will be a very light tan when it is done.  Take out of oven and let the cookies cool on the parchment paper or silicone pad.  Don’t try to remove from the cookie sheet until the cookies have cooled enough to be able to do that without them falling apart.  Once the cookies have cooled – if you haven’t already eaten them – put them in a flat Tupperware container or something like that, so they aren’t exposed to air.


  2. Fabulous Fudge Brownies

    Makes:  one 9x13x2 inch pan

     

    Ingredients:

    1/2 pound of unsalted butter, cut into pieces

    1/2 pounds of either Mijao or Bucare El Rey discos

    1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

    1 cup granulated sugar

    1 cup scoop measured all purpose flour

    1/4 teaspoon salt

    4 large eggs

    3 teaspoons vanilla extract

    1 teaspoon cinnamon

    2 cups of chopped pecans

    brownies

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees

    Butter your cake pan and then line with parchment paper

    In the microwave, melt the butter until it is very hot in a microwave safe bowl.  Take the butter out of the microwave and add the chocolate and let the chocolate melt into the butter.  Once the chocolate is almost competely melted, whisk the butter and chocolate together until smooth.

    In another bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt and flour until well combined.  Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, and then whisk in the vanilla.

    Mix and fold butter/chocolate mixture into the flour/egg/sugar mixture .  Once that is well-mixed, add in the pecans and mix them in.

    Using a flexible rubber spatula, scrape the batter into the pan onto the parchment paper and smooth and level out.  

    Put the pan on the middle rack in the oven and bake until the top and middle of the brownies are slightly firm, but still quite soft – about 40 minutes at 350 degrees.  Don’t overcook, as they are going to firm up once they’ve cooled.    Once the pan and brownies are completely cooled, but the pan in the refrigerator, covered, for a couple of hours.  Now, you can take them out of the pan and cut them.  You can sprinkle some powdered sugar over the top if wanted.  


  3. Dark Chocolate Amaretto Mouse Recipe

    Ingredients

     

    • 1 lb.  El Rey Mijao or Bucare discos
    • 1/2 lb. El Rey Apamate discos
    • 1/2 cup prepare espresso coffee
    • 1/2 cup Amaretto
    • 4 egg yolks
    • 1 cup chilled heavy cream
    • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
    • 8 egg whites
    • a pinch of salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Procedure

    1. Melt the chocolate discos in the microwave in a micro-wave safe bowl in 30 second bursts, stirring after each burst.
    2. Add the espresso coffee and the Amaretto and mix into the melted chocolate.
    3. Set the bowl aside and let the mixture cool to room temperature.
    4. After the chocolate mixture has cooled to room temperature, whisk in the egg yolks, one at a time, whisking thoroughly after each one.
    5. With a mixer, whip 1 cup of the cream until thickened, then gradually beat in the granulated sugar and beat until stiff.  
    6. With a mixer, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff.
    7. Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the cream and sugar mixture.  
    8. Stir about 1/3 of the cream/sugar/egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture.  Then fold the rest of the cream/sugar/egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture also
    9. Once gently but well mixed, spoon your chocolate mousse into dessert cups or a serving bowl and refrigerate until set.
    10. To serve, you might garnish with some fresh raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries, if you like.

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