Coconut Chocolate Square

February 5, 2021March 29, 2016 by cookies

Interview with Coconut Chocolate Square

I: Tell me about yourself?

CCS : “We are delicious, chocolaty, moist and loaded with coconut.”

I:Why should people make you?

“Because we are so easy to make and if you don’t have much time and you want to bake we are your best choice.”

I: Do you have any tip for us?

-Use a large wooden spoon to mix instead of an electric mixer

-Use fresh chocolate chips

-Chill the bars for easy cutting

-Store nuts in the freezer to retain freshness. Let them come to room temperature before using them in baking

-You can use almonds, peanuts, walnuts, pecans

-If you have nut allergies replace the almond extract with vanilla and omit almonds or any other nuts on top

I: Can you describe yourself using one word?

“SENSATIONAL!”

I: Do you think you can share one of your selfies with my readers?

“Of course…

I: And my last question, can you please share your recipe with us?

“Of course…it is all yours now. Just press print and make it.

Coconut Chocolate Square

Rich, chewy and loaded with chocolate chips and coconut.

Ingredients

2 squares or 56gr unsweetened chocolate
2 squares or 56gr semisweet chocolate
1 cup butter
2 cups granulate sugar
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups AP flour
Filling:
2 cups unsweetened coconut
1 cup sweetened coconut
1 can or 300 ml sweetened condensed milk
1 tbs almond extract
Topping:
1 3/4 cup chocolate chips
1 TBSP oil
1 cup sliced almond

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Use 13 by 9 inch cake pan.
Filling:
Mix coconut and condensed milk together.
Add almond extract.
Filling is done. It is easy....
For the base:
Melt chocolate and butter until smooth.
Remove from heat.
Stir in sugar until blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well.
Stir in flour. Mix well.
Spread half of the batter in prepared pan.
Add the filling. Spread the coconut filling by small spoonfuls and spread it evenly.
Do the best you can.
Cover with second part of the batter.
Bake for 40 min or until set.
Cool it.
Add topping. (melt chocolate chips and oil)
Sprinkle almond on top and cut into squares.

Thank you to our fabulous and famous squares for this interview.

See you soon…

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Carrot Cake or When your boss is Bill Cosby

February 5, 2021March 12, 2016 by cookies

the best carrot cake from the best food blog 5starcookies-enjoy and share

When I laugh with my friends I called him Bill Cosby and by him I I mean “psycho boss”.

You know the type: charming, controlling freak, narcissists and masters of deception. One of my favorite explanation is the following

“ Psychopaths operate from a warped moral code and experience little to no guilt or remorse over telling lies. These bosses are skilled at avoiding accountability and have a Teflon-like capability to deflect blame. They lie, omit information, rephrase the truth, and misrepresent facts. They take credit for ideas that they did not come up with.”

So, how many of you have this kind of experience every day in your life? And how do you deal with it?

For me I like to bake. Baking is the perfect escape from my cold reality. I can even create perfect little creatures in this fictional life and I can make them from anything I like…like ginger

and there you have it…perfect little ginger people with the big heart in the middle. (Reality, eat your heart out)

In this baking escape I like to make cake that my grandmother made for me every week when I was a child.

It is my favorite and the best cake ever – THE CARROT CAKE.

My grandmother used to make different version of her basic recipe. It can be with cheese or with chocolate icing.

There are so much memory connected to this cake and very often when I need something to “hold on” and forget “reality” I make this cake.

And it makes me smile. I love the color, I love the taste and I love to pretend that I am eating the healthiest cake ever made..The Carrot Cake.

And because of memory of my grandmother I like to share this recipe with you.

I know somewhere she is watching over me and saying: “Still your favorite cake…” Yes, grandma still my favorite cake.

Thank you for the recipe…and the memory.

Now, I need to start making carrot cake. The version that I selected today is carrot cake with cheese frosting.

My grandmother used to make very special frosting with secret ingredients.

Her secret ingredients was apple sauce and strawberries.

You will find yourself making this cake all the time.

Quick and easy, it will become your family favorite!

For this recipe you need the usual ingredients: flour, sugar, oil, eggs, cinnamon, walnuts, cheese, apple sauce, strawberries, vanilla, baking soda and salt.

So, let’s make magic …the Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake or When your boss is Bill Cosby

Quick and easy with secret ingredients....

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 cups AP flour
1 TBS cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups carrots
1 1/2 cup walnuts
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Cheese Frosting
1 package (8oz) cream cheese
1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
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Instructions

Heat oven to 350 F. Grease bottom and sides of pan (13x9)
Mix sugar,oil and eggs.
Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and vanilla extract.
Stir in carrots and walnuts.
Pour into pan.
Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (Mine was for 35 min).
Cool it.
Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.
Decorate with strawberries.
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Frosting:
Beat cream cheese, add apple sauce, vanilla and icing sugar.

Like always, make this cake and share with somebody you love…somebody you think need love

and with all your family and friends …co-workers and Universe…

and say: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU…

Love and hugs,

Your Cookie

from

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Stars who love to cook-Lemon Bars

February 5, 2021March 8, 2016 by cookies

Baking with the famous star Martina McBride. The recipe – Lemon Bars. Enjoy and share.

When life give you lemons you make lemonade or in my case I make…

Lemon Bars.

Lemon bars are quite simple to make. The first part is a perfectly crumbly shortbread base followed by a gooey lemon topping.

The final special touch – magic sugar dust …and the princess came to our blog.

Her name is Martina McBride and she is a very famous country singer. She is also very famous for her cooking and baking.

Her book “Around the Table” is must have. For today and for this blog I am going to make “Lemon Coconut Bars”.

So, if you need some magic in your life…try this recipe.

PRINTING THE RECIPE

Stars who love to cook-Lemon Bars

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Ingredients

Crust:
2 cups AP flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
1 1/2 sticks butter, chilled and cubed
Filling:
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tsp AP flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup icing sugar

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 F.
Line 13x9 baking pan with aluminum.
Combine flour, sugar and 1/2 tsp salt in processor. Add coconut and butter.
Process until a fine meal forms, press into pan.
Bake for 15 min.
For the filling:
Combine first 6 ingredients and a pinch of salt in processor,blend until smooth.
Pour over hot crust.
Bake for 20 min.
Let it cool. Dust with magic and say
THANK YOU!

If you want to hear the song please click on the link below:

I never promise you a rose garden

Or just read..

I never promise you a rose garden

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain some time
When you take you gotta give so live and let live
Or let go oh-whoa-whoa-whoa
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don’t find roses growin’ on stalks of clover
So you better think it over
Well if sweet-talkin’ you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
But what would it matter
So smile for a while and let’s be jolly
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain some time

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that’s what it takes to hold you
I’d just as soon let you go
But there’s one thing I want you to know
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
And there won’t always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I’m talkin’ about
So smile for a while and let’s be jolly
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain some time,
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

MAGICAL LEMON BARS

MAGIC IS SOMETHING YOU MAKE…SO MAKE LEMON BARS…

and remember.

“It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done”.

lemon bars Martina McBride -baking with country star

Sending you Love and Magic,

Your Cookie

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See you soon…

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Coffee Crepe Cups – Part 2

February 5, 2021March 6, 2016 by cookies

Hello,

Let’s start making Coffee Crepe Cups. Before I start making them let’s talk about crepes. The word crepe is French for pancake and is derived from the Latin crispus meaning “curled”.

Crepes originated around the 12 century in Brittany, a region in the northwest of France. Crêpes are also common in other European nations, such as Italy, Poland, Romania, and Denmark, although they are known under different names.

In areas of Eastern Europe, the meal is called palacinka (Serbian,Czech, Slovenian). In Danish, it is Pandekage and in Dutch it is pannekoeken. There are two types of crepes:

Sweet
Savory

Now that we have a basic knowledge of crepes we can start making them.

This is my favorite recipe and it is the best one you can find on the Internet. I made million version of this recipe but today it is my coffee version.

(Does it look like Cappuccino?)

Coffee Crepes - Starting Point — Coffee Crepes Start

For this recipe we need the following ingredients: eggs, milk, coffee, flour, salt, oil, water.

Coffee Crepe Cups - Part 2

Ingredients

1 cup AP flour
2 eggs
3/4 cup coffee
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup H20 (water)
1/8 tbs salt
1 tbsp oil

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour and the eggs.
Add milk, coffee, water, salt and oil.
Beat until smooth.
Let batter sit at least 15 min at room temperature or if you are not in a hurry you can refrigerate in an airtight container up to 1 day, whisk before using.
Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium. Lightly coat with oil. Add 1/2 cup batter and swirl to completely cover bottom of skillet. Cook until underside of crepe is golden brown.
Loosen edge of crepe with a rubber spatula or knife, and quickly flip. Cook 1 minute more.
Turn crepe out onto plate.
Repeat with remaining batter, brushing skillet with oil and stacking crepes on plate.

Now, my friend you are ready for “Fancy Coffee Crepe Cup”.

You are going to build the following + some extra on the top

Basic Coffee Crap Cup — Coffee Crepe Cup

Your Crepe Ready to be mold — Your Crepe Ready to be Mold

Now, it is easy part. Let’s have fun. Start with the whipping cream. ( O, I know…..things we can do with whip cream…).

After the whip cream, add some Nutella and honey.

Nutella, Whip Cream, Honey — Crepes Nutella

… add your favorite fruits…banana, grapes, kiwi and so on…

Add more whip cream…(and why wouldn’t you?)

And add the finishing touch…. You can use walnuts, hazelnuts, chocolate…

5 Star Cookies - Crepes — 5 Star Cookies

Now, grab your spoon and let’s eat. Don’t ask me how, just start from the top and ….keep going…

I hope, I am your favorite Hello and hardest Goodbye.

Please come and visit my blog again.

Until then,

Love and kisses from

Your Cookie from 5 star cookies blog

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Coffee Crepe Cups – Capture the Magic

March 6, 2016 by cookies

Hello,

It is Saturday, March 5 of 2016. What kind of magic is happening in my kitchen?

And trust me, in this crazy world this is the only place where we can create magic. Right now I am making the following:

-Lemon Bars

– Carrot Cake

– Coffee Crepe Cups

A picture is worth a thousand words or One Look Is Worth A Thousand Words refers to all of us except for search engine called Dr Google.

So, for all of us and Dr Google please see picture of my new favorite recipe “Coffee Crepe Cups”.

The Coffee Crepe Cups is the magic you can create in your kitchen for your family, friends or people you love. (including yourself…).

The recipe is coming very soon and until then just enjoy the picture. My perfect, Canon camera capture the magic for you.

Love from your favorite blog 5 Star Cookies,

Your Cookie

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Dream Bars

February 5, 2021February 28, 2016 by cookies

Hello my friends,

If you are in mood to do some baking I have perfect recipe for you.

It is called “Dream Bars”. Yes, I know dreams are hard to chase but this one will just come into your life

and stay like the best dream you ever had.

This dream looks like the following picture

For this recipe you will need the following:

flour, sugar, butter, graham wafer crumbs, chocolate chips, chocolate, walnuts, sweetened condensed milk, white chocolate, oil. And the most important ingredients – LOVE AND PASSION.

Because baking is a science, and when you mix together ingredients, you are creating chemistry.

Proper measuring is critical to baking. So please follow my recipe below….

Dream Bars

Yes, if you want to dream and eat you need to make this bars.

Dream Bars - Enjoy and Share

Ingredients

1 cup AP flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup White Chocolate Chips
1 cup Chopped Walnuts
1 cup Graham Wafer Crumbs
1 can (300 ml) Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 1/3 cups White Chocolate Chips
1 TBSP Oil

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Grease a 13 x 9 pan. Set aside.
Crust:
Combine sugar,flour and butter using an electric mixer until crumbly.
Press into prepared pan and bake from 8 to 10 min.
FILLING:Combine chocolate chips,walnuts, wafer crumbs and condensed milk.
Mix until well blended.
Drop mixture over warm base.
Bake for 19 min until top is lightly browned.Cool.
TOPPING:Melt white chocolate and oil until smooth.
Spread evenly over bars.Cut into bars...any size you want it...

Notes

Don't be afraid of your dreams.

My is to share this recipe with billions of people.

Help me reach this dream.

I know you will.

Love and hugs

from your

Nutrition Information:

Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g

Now you are ready to invite your family and friends. AND SHARE YOUR DREAM BARS…

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Take a little time to enjoy the Dream Bars!

If you like to dream and bake I have another recipe for you:

MINI PAVLOVA – Dream recipe just like Dream Bars.

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Mini Pavlova

Love from your favorite blog 5 STAR COOKIES AND

YOUR COOKIE!

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Coconut Walnut Roll

February 25, 2016February 23, 2016 by cookies

Coconut Walnut Roll

Ingredients

1cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup coconut
1 cup walnuts
1/2 pound pitted dates
1/2 pound miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Place graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup coconut, walnuts,pitted dates,marshmallows, heavy cream and rum into your food processor.
Blend/pulse until a moist dough forms – 3 to 5min. ( add more rum if it is dry).
The dough will be sticky.
Form the dough into log. (you can also form 2 logs, to make it easier to handle)
Roll into coconut.
Wrap in waxed paper and chill for 24 hrs.
Slice into ¼ inch slices.

I am sending you this post from my Delta State.

Love,

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Your Cookie

Walnut Chocolate Roll

February 5, 2021February 21, 2016 by cookies

Hi,

On my menu today is very simple, very sweet and no bake

“Walnut Chocolate Roll”

You need 1/2 hour of your time and the following ingredients:

chocolate, dates, walnuts,marshmallows, heavy cream, graham cracker crumbs, rum

Also, you need bigger Food Processor. If you have 7-Cup Food Processor cut the recipe below in half.

Walnut Chocolate Roll

Ingredients

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup walnuts
1 pound pitted dates
1 pound miniature marshmallows
1 cup heavy cream
1TBSP rum

Instructions

Place graham cracker crumbs, walnuts,pitted dates,marshmallows, heavy cream and rum into your food processor.
Blend/pulse until a moist dough forms - 3 to 5min. ( add more rum if it is dry).
The dough will be sticky.
Form the dough into log. (you can also form 2 logs, to make it easier to handle)
Roll into chopped walnuts.
Wrap in waxed paper and chill for 24 hrs.
Slice into 1/4 inch slices.

If you do not have food processor and you have 2 hands and knife do the following:

Chop 1 cup of walnuts

Finely chop pitted dates and marshmallows.

In large bowl combine graham cracker crumbs, walnuts, dates, marshmallows, heavy cream and rum.

Mix the best you can using your hands.

Then follow step 4 from the recipe above.

See what you made:

Love and enjoy your life,

From https://www.5starcookies.com

Your Cookie

Chocolate Almond Truffles

January 29, 2022February 19, 2016 by cookies

Hello my friends,

Today we are making Chocolate Almond Truffles. The angels are singing “Healthy, Healthy”.

And I am singing with them.

What about you? Can you come and join? Do not be lonely, let’s make Chocolate Almond Truffles together.

The recipes is from one of my favorite blog http://sallysbakingaddiction.com

Chocolate Almond Truffles

Ingredients

15 dates, soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon rum
1/4 cup (21g) unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup (70g) whole almonds
1/2 cup (70g) sunflower seeds
8 ounces (226g) semi-sweet or bittersweet quality chocolate

Instructions

Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Place pitted dates, vanilla extract,rum, cocoa powder, almonds, sunflower seeds into your food processor.
Blend/pulse until a moist dough forms - 1 to 2 min. ( add 1-2 more soaked dates or even a teaspoon of pure maple syrup.)
Once dough is formed, scoop out 1 Tablespoon of dough. Roll into a smooth ball and place onto prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
Set aside as you melt the chocolate in the next step.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or the microwave.
Let the warm chocolate sit for 5 minutes to slightly cool before dipping.
Dip each ball completely into the chocolate.
When lifting it out of the chocolate, remember to tap the dipping tool gently on the side of the bowl to allow excess chocolate to drip off. Place each back on the baking sheet and refrigerate until the chocolate has set, about 30 minutes.

The link for this recipe is http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2016/02/12/healthy-dark-chocolate-almond-truffles/

Now, let’s enjoy our little healthy, happy balls of joy…

5 Star Chocolate Almon Truffles — Chocolate Almond Truffles

I am sending you love with all the angels singing behind and above me…

who just reminded me about Taylor Swift Grammy Acceptance Speech

“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.

But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there.

And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment”

LOVE, INSPIRE… AND BAKE

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I am in mood for Almond Truffles

February 18, 2016 by cookies

I am in mood for …truffles. Healthy, chocolaty, full of almonds and sunflower seeds and very easy to make.

If you are plain Jane the picture below might be your piece of truffle …

Truffles and Friends — Truffles with friends

Or if you like chocolate and something blue take one below and say Yes, I do.

Truffle Blue in Chocolate — Truffle Blue

My favorite song for today is “Little Romance” by Ingrid Michaelson. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hoda Kotb worked with The Knot to unveil an original video, “Little Romance,” featuring Ingrid Michaelson and a special group of couples married over 50 years. You can check the video for this song by clicking I am in the mood for love

“Little Romance”

You’re in the mood for love
You’re in the mood to dance
You’re in the mood for a little romance
You’re in the mood for love.I see you pressed those pants
I see you styled that hair
There doesn’t seem to be much of it there
You’re in the mood to dance.Can I have this chance
to be your little romance?
Can I have this dance?
I’m in the mood for love.

I’m all dressed up tonight
I’ve waited all night long
When will they finally play your song?
I’m in the mood to dance.

Can I have this chance
to be your little romance?
Can I have this dance?
I’m in the mood for love
I’m in the mood for love.

If it’s the only chance I get
(If it’s the only chance I get)
If it’s the only chance, then get
(If it’s the only chance, then get)
ready to throw your shoes away
(ready to throw your shoes away)
for I will sweep, sweep, sweep
you off your feet
I will sweep, sweep, sweep
you off your feet
to be your little romance

Can I have this chance
to be your little romance?
Can I have this dance?
I’m in the mood for you
You’re in the mood for me
We’re in the mood for love.

…we are in mood for…..

Truffle and Pink and Blue — Truffle Pink and Blue

Until tomorrow dream big , do something special and love this life…

From the imaginary piece of blogging land sending you million truffle’s hug

Your blogger Cookie

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Lemon Bars.

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Coconut Walnut Roll

“Walnut Chocolate Roll”

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