Chocolate Softies Food

CHOCOLATE MINT SOFTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, rack in the middle position.
• Line cookie sheets with foil and spray with cooking spray. Leave little "ears" of foil sticking up on the sides, large enough to grab later.
• Unwrap squares of chocolate and break them apart. Put them in a small microwave safe bowl, melt them for 90 seconds on high. Stir them until they're smooth and set aside to cool while you mix up your cookie dough.
• Combine butter and sugars together. Beat on medium speed until smooth. (Less than a minute).
• Add baking soda and salt, resume beating on medium for another minute, or until incorporated.
• Add egg and beat on medium until the batter is smooth (another minute).
• Add the peppermint and chocolate extracts, and mix for about 30 seconds.
• Shut off the mixer and scrape the bowl. Then add melted chocolate and mix again for another minute on medium speed.
• Shut off mixer and scrape down bowl again. At low speed, mix in half of the flour. Once incorporated, mix in sour cream.
• Scrape down bowl again, add the rest of the flour and beat until fully incorporated.
• Stir bowl with a spoon a few times. Mix in pecan pieces by hand.
• Use a teaspoon to spoon the dough onto the foil-lined cookie sheets, 12 cookies to a sheet. (If dough is too sticky, chill for half an hour and try again.).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until they rise and are firm.
• Slide the foil from the cookie sheets and onto a wire rack. Let the cookies cool on the rack while the next sheet is baking. When the next sheet is ready, pull them onto the counter/table and slide the new foil onto the rack. Keep alternating until all dough is baked.
• When all the cookies are cool, set them out on wax paper for frosting.
• FROSTING.
• Put broken chocoalte squares into a microwave safe bowl. Melt on high for 90 seconds. Stir until smooth and set aside.
• When chocolate is cool, mix in the butter. Then stir in the powdered sugar.
• Mix in the vanilla extract and the cream. Beat the frosting until it's of spreading consistency. (This is no-fail frosting, if it's too thick add more cream, too thin, add more powdered sugar).
• Frost your cookies and leave them on the waxed paper until the frosting has hardened.
• When the frosting has hardened, arrange the cookies on a pretty platter. They store well in a covered container, when separated by wax paper.
• If you don't have time to frost, coat the cookies with powdered sugar while they're still warm. Do a second sprinkling once cool.

SOFT CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in one egg until completely incorporated; beat in last egg along with vanilla extract. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just incorporated; mix in chocolate chips.
• Roll dough into 2-inch balls, or drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven until edges of cookies are firm, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove to wire racks. Dust warm cookies with confectioners' sugar, if desired.

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP SOFTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Beat butter, granulated sugar and light brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Beat in banana, egg and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Mix.
• Add to banana mixture.
• Beat until well blended.
• Stir in chips.
• Dough will be soft.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
• Bake 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
• Let cookies stand on cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then remove to wire racks and cool completely.
• Store separate from other cookies, the banana flavor will transfer to other cookies.

CHOCOLATE PRETZEL TREATS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175 degrees F ( 80 degrees C).
• Arrange pretzels on a baking sheet. Place a candy kiss on the center of each pretzel.
• Warm pretzels in the preheated oven until candy kiss is shiny and slightly softened, 2 minutes.
• Place a candy-coated chocolate piece atop the candy kiss on each pretzel; press down. Chill in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.

SO-GOOD CHOCOLATE CHIP SOFTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients except for the chocolate chips ( flour, Splenda, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt). Mix well.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together all of the wet ingredients (applesauce, pumpkin, egg substitute, and vanilla extract).
• Add wet mixture to the dry ingredients in the large bowl. Stir until completely blended. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spray a large baking sheet with nonstick spray. Spoon batter into eight evenly spaced circles. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes, until softies appear fully cooked and feel firm.
• Allow to cool slightly. But for best results, enjoy while still warm!

CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in walnuts. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for a couple of minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

HG'S SO-GOOD CHOCOLATE CHIP SOFTIES! - WW POINTS = 1

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients except for the chocolate chips (flour, Splenda, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt). Mix well.
• In a separate bowl, mix together all wet ingredients (applesauce, pumpkin, egg substitute, and vanilla extract). Add this mixture to the dry ingredients, and stir until completely blended. Then, fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spray a large baking pan with nonstick spray, and spoon batter into 8 evenly spaced circles. Place pan in the oven for about 10 minutes (until cookies appear done and feel firm). Remove pan from the oven and allow cookies to cool slightly. For best results, enjoy while the cookies are still warm and the chips are still melty!

CHOCOLATE SOFTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine cake mix, water, butter and egg in a large bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer at low speed until moistened.
• Increase speed to medium and beat one minute.
• (Dough will be thick) Stir in chips and nuts and mix until well blended.
• Drop by heaping teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until set.
• Let cool on cookie sheets for about 1-2 minutes and then remove to cooling racks.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP SOFTIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• In another bowl, add brown sugar, graulated sugar, vanilla extract and oil. Stir to combine. With a mixer beat in pumpkin, then egg (or egg replacer). Slowly beat in the dry ingredients until everything is combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop heaping tablespoons onto greased cookie sheet and bake 12-14 minutes.