Deep South Chocolate Cupcakes

How many calories do they have?

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn".........a chocolate indulgence worth every morsel........

enjoy.....

xo

Nicole

 

Pre heat your ovens to 350*

2 cups all purpose flour

2 cups sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground cinnamon

2 sticks butter

1/4 c cocoa

1 cup water

1/2 c buttermilk

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

-mix dry ingredients together and set aside, meanwhile bring your butter, cocoa & water to a simmer until melted and smooth...let cool briefly-

-add your buttermilk, eggs & vanilla. Mix until combined.

-add your wet ingredients to your dry, mix until smooth.

-pour into prepared muffin tins, here i used some funky cupcake wrappers...

-bake about 25-30 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

-top with your favorite "icing" & decor

......here i used dark chocolate ganache ( email me for that recipe)

thanks dolls!

xo

HEALTHY Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies!

This is a slight variation of a cookie recipe I found a couple of years ago on 101cookbooks.com  (I added extra banana and chocolate!) and they have become our favorite indulgence!  GUILT FREE!  Yes, they have some dark chocolate, (heart healthy!) but you won't believe what they DON"T have.......flour, eggs, butter and sugar!!!!  You have to try them!

Ingredients:

4 large ripe bananas

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 cup olive oil

2 cups rolled oats

2/3 cup almond meal

1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded and unsweetened

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. fine grain sea salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 bag dark chocolate chips (I use Ghirardelli 60% cocoa chips)

                                                              Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a large bowl combine bananas, vanilla extract, and olive oil.

Set aside.

In another bowl whisk together the

 almond meal (just pulse almonds in food processor to form almond meal),

oats, shredded coconut, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined.

Fold in the chocolate chips. 

 The dough is a bit looser than standard cookie dough, don't worry about it.

                          Drop dollops of the dough, each about 2 teaspoons in size, an inch apart,

onto parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Bake for 12-14 minutes.

Makes about 3 dozen cookies, enjoy!