Cocoa Dreams ..the 5 Ingredient Cookie!

I love easy to make Cookies. Especially when you have to make so many.

I also love cookie batters that can be frozen and don't lose flavor .

This is one of those recipes!! 

You are going to Love em!

Enjoy!

Cocoa Dreams

Ingredients

1 pkg. Chocolate Cake mix

2 Eggs

½ cup Vegetable Oil

3 Tbsp. Cocoa

1/3 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Instructions:

Preheat Oven to 350° f

Line a Baking Sheet with Parchment

In Large Mixing Bowl: Beat 2 eggs

Add Vegetable Oil and combine until frothy.

Add Cake Mix and Cocoa, Combine until well mixed.

Fold in Chocolate Chips.

Using a small ice cream scoop or 2 teaspoons

Scoop mixture in even dollops onto parchment lined baking sheet 2 inches apart.

Wet clean fingers with water and flatten dollops to ¼ inch thick.

Bake at 350° f 10-13 minutes, depending on size.

Remove from oven, cool on rack.

Enjoy!

It's Officially the Holiday Season...That means Cookies!!!

Cookies are the definition of The Holiday Season for me. If anyone knows my kitchen they know that I am all about Comfort Food and Good Homemade Treats! Cookies are a staple of my Holiday table. I bake cookies, I freeze cookies, I decorate cookies, I am a Cookie Baking Gal! So, from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Week all of my posts will be COOKIES !!! I'll be the source of Cookie Knowledge you will refer to all Cookie Baking Season!

How to bake em? How to freeze em? How to Decorate em? How to package them? How to send them?

It's going to be a Blast!

To start off the Season of Cookies..I am giving you a gift! 

A Cookie E-Book! 

All Recipes.com has shared with us their Cookie Inspirations, Tips and Recipes for a Wonderful Cookie Baking Season! Are you up for it? I sure am. Here ya go!

Enjoy their TOP Cookie Picks for the Season, then stop by here at Food is Love and pick up a Season full of Cookies throughout the Month of December!! 

Happy Baking All !!!

Squash Bread Pudding

Hey All, I know it's a busy week and we all have alot to cook and get ready. I just had a quick thought and threw together something really quickly. It came out fantastic and I thought I'd pass it on.

I had to clean out my fridge for the turkey day shopping tomorrow , in doing so I found that I had alot of extra bread and some acorn squash I hadn't used. I immediately thought hmmm How about a bread pudding??
Ya know here is a thought, Any squash would do here. You could also use pumpkin or sweet potatoes. This would be a great little treat to make with Thanksgiving leftovers...those dinner rolls and left over squash and sweet potatoes... YUM !!!

Here it is:

Squash Bread Pudding

2 cups Whole Milk or Half and Half

6 Eggs

1 1/2 cups cooked Squash 

(I roasted squash cubes in 2 tbsp butter on a cookie sheet for 30 minutes)

1 tbsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

1 cup Sugar

2 tsp Vanilla

4 cups Bread (cubed)

** Optional: Diced Apples, Raisins, Dried Cranberries, Nuts

I added apples and walnuts (Yum)

Preheat oven to 375° f

Place Bread in 9x13 baking dish

Combine all liquid ingredients in a blender.

Blend until smooth.

Add sugar. Blend until Sugar dissolved.

Pour mixture over Bread in baking dish.

Let sit and soak. (until oven is warm or at least15 mins)

Place baking dish on top of cookie sheet in case of spill over.

Bake in 375° oven for 1 hour or until toothpick in center comes out clean.
Enjoy!

Pumpkin Bread

It's that time of year. Baking, Cooking and Eating are the flavors of the day. This weekend has been the getting the house ready for the season, time in my life. November is always a "change of the seasons time" in my house. Even in Florida, there is a certain "feel" to the coming End of the year celebrations. This time brings with it, thoughts of the speed of life, recollections of family celebrations past and holiday memories to come...along with all the bright smiles that come with it all.
With that, my house always wafts with the beautiful fragrance of Sweet and Savory offerings baking away ion the oven. Cinnamon is primary in that essence of November. I love Cinnamon in November.

I am sharing today a recipe for Pumpkin Bread. Pumpkin Bread signifies for me the beginning of the season and all of the wonderful flavors it brings. I so hope you join me in clicking below & sharing these fantastic flavors and essences. Wishes for your enjoyment of the Season's every moment to you and your family!

Streusel Pumpkin Bread