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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mmm, Chocolate Chip Cookies!

This style and idea behind this recipe is Betty Crocker meets Nestle Toll House Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies. I’ve combined the idea of the two because it makes for fantastic Chewy Chocolate Cookies and I believe that’s what everyone is secretly looking for. I mean what do you normally purchase off the grocery shelf? Well this recipe is busting the hush-hush wide open today with one Chocolate Chip Cookie at a time. Follow these step by step ingredients in the order that follows below and you’ll be well on your way to Morsel heaven!

Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients:

1 cup Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Softened Butter
2 tsp Vanilla
3 Eggs

4 Cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips

Ingredient Update: Double the Milk Chocolate Chips(2 cups total) and add one 8 oz package of Cream Cheese to the mix.

Mix the first five ingredients together in the order they are listed. Then mix the next 3 ingredients together in a separate bowl first before combining with the wet ingredients. After everything is mixed together add the chocolate chips. Make walnut sized balls for each cookie on a greased cooking sheet and spread two inches apart from one another. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Let the Chocolate Chip Cookies rest and cool before serving.

Homemade Crepes with Cherry Topping Recipe

Fast and Easy, Homemade Crepes!

These Homemade Crepes are fantastic, I’m not even going to lie. It’s a Banana infused batter with vanilla yogurt and a fresh homemade cherry topping! You are going to love these! There are videos and ingredients below for both the Crepe BAtter and the Cherry Topping, so get to it and happy cooking!

Homemade Crepe Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup Milk
1 cup Flour
1 Egg
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1 Banana (optional)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp melted butter per pancake

Cherry Topping Ingredients:
3 to 4 cups Fresh Pitted Cherries
1 cup Water
1 cup Sugar
1/8 tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder (or just cinnamon)
1/8 tsp Nutmeg
a pinch of Cayenne Pepper (optional, but it;s GREAT)
1 tbsp Cornstarch
1 tbsp Water

These step by step Video instructional’s are all you need to take you straight to making these wonderful Homemade Crepes.

How to cut a Pineapple

I know… It’s just a Pineapple!

The Pina Colada Recipe I did the other day made me realize that it probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to whip a quick “How to” slice and dice a Pineapple. Well that and the fact that even my own mother doesn’t know how to do it either. Also I was noticing the price difference between a whole fresh Pineapple vs. already sliced Pineapple. The fresh whole Pineapple I could purchase for $2.98 ea., but the pre-cut Pineapple was twice that price for about 2/3 of a entire Pineapple. So what would you do? That’s what I thought… let’s learn how easy it is to rip one of these fruits to shreds, shall we?

First, how do we pickem’?

Pineapple have 4 easy signs to look for:

Look for a bright green fern growing out of the top of that fruit. If it’s dead or drying out, it probably isn’t the healthiest or the most nutrient.
A bright green and yellow fruit means it needs more ripening. So unless you’re purposefully buying your pineapple days in advance you are going to have a sour and bitter fruit. Look for less green and feel that the outside is susceptible to pressure when you squeeze it.
Smell the Pineapple. If it smells sweet and fresh before you cut into it, the way a pineapple should, then it’s probably ripe.
Something most people won’t tell you or condone, but if you look at the very center of the bottom of the pineapple and see a tiny amount of white peach fuzz like mold, it is ripe and ready to cut now!

Tip: If you flip the Pineapple upside down 12 to 24 hours in advance and let gravity work in your favor, you will have a sweeter Pineapple all the way through the fruit. Trust me.