Stephanie Tylers Chocolate Surprise Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda in medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat butter, brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy; beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Gradually add flour mixture and 1/2 cup pecans; beat well.
• Cover dough; refrigerate 15 minutes or until firm enough to roll into balls.
• Place remaining 1/2 cup pecans and 1 tablespoons sugar in shallow dish. Roll tablespoonful of dough around 1 caramel candy, covering completely; press one side into nut mixture.
• Place, nut side up, on ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with additional dough and candies, placing 3 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and slightly cracked. Let stand on cookie sheet 2 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to wire rack; cool completely.
• Place white chocolate chips in a small resealable plastic freezer bag; seal bag.
• Microwave at MEDIUM (50% power) 2 minutes. Continue microwaving in one minute intervals at 50% power until melted.
• Knead bag until chocolate is smooth. Cut off tiny corner of bag; drizzle chocolate onto cookies.
• Let stand about 30 minute or until chocolate is set.

CHOCOLATE SURPRISE STRIPE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottom and sides of two 2-by-9-inch round cake pans with shortening. Line with parchment cut to neatly cover the bottom and sides of the pans.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle, sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, buttermilk, espresso, vegetable oil and vanilla; mix on medium speed. Divide the batter between the prepared cake pans.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Rotate the pans and continue baking until an inserted skewer comes out clean, another 15 minutes. Cool on a rack, unmold and return to the rack to cool completely.
• For the buttercream icing: With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the egg whites and powdered sugar for 5 minutes. Add the butter and vanilla and beat for 10 minutes, until fluffy. (Makes 3 pounds.)
• For the caramel icing/crumble: Mix the sugar, buttermilk, shortening, butter and baking soda in a 3- or 4-quart cast-iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook to the softball stage (235 to 245 degrees F on a candy thermometer), swirling the pan to keep the ingredients moving.
• Remove from the heat and beat with a wooden spoon until creamy and spreadable. Spread on a silicone mat and set aside. When cool, break into a crumble.
• To create the striped filling: Put one-third of the vanilla buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a 1/3-inch tip. Put an equivalent amount of raspberry jam into a second piping bag, also fitted with a 1/3-inch tip.
• When the cakes are completely cool, pipe a dollop of buttercream into the center of one of the layers. Pipe concentric circles around the first dollop, working outward and alternating between circles of raspberry jam and buttercream¿this will be your bottom layer.
• Lightly place the remaining cake layer on top of the 'piped' bottom layer. Use the remaining buttercream to ice the entire cake.
• Add the crumbled caramel by patting small handfuls onto the top of the iced cake.

STEPHANIE'S APRICOT WHITE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar until blended. Beat in the egg and vanilla and almond extracts until combined. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix until combined. With a wooden spoon, mix in the apricots and white chocolate. Drop the batter by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake until the edges are lightly brown, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

DELILAH'S CHOCOLATE SURPRISE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch cake pan.
• Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Bring a saucepan filled with an inch or so of water to a very slow simmer; set the bowl on the pan (without touching the water). Stir occasionally until melted and smooth. Alternatively, put the chocolate in microwave safe bowl. Microwave on half power until soft, about 1 minute depending upon the power of your machine. Cool.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate, orange peel, and vanilla and mix until fully combined. Add in flour, salt, and baking powder in 3 parts alternating with the milk to make a thick batter.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the middle of the oven until a tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Cool cake in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
• Serve dusted with confectioners' sugar and with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.

STEPHANIE TYLER'S CHOCOLATE SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine cake mix, oil and eggs in a bowl and mix well. Stir in toffee bits and instant coffee mix. Drop by teaspoons on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Upon removing from oven, let the cookies stand on sheet for 2 minutes, then cool on racks.