Cookie-Dough Brownies

Here is another recipe from my friend Brooke. They sound absolutely amazing! Chocolate and cookie dough... A girls best friend!! Can't wait to try them...

Cookie-Dough Brownies

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

(for cookie dough/filling:)
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour

(for glaze)
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon butter

Directions:
MAKE THE BROWNIE LAYER:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a 9 X 13 pan. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine sugar, cocoa, flour and salt. Add oil, eggs and vanilla, and beat on medium speed for about three minutes. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely.*

MAKE THE COOKIE DOUGH/FILLING:
In a medium bowl, combine butter with white and brown sugars. Add milk and vanilla and mix until combined. Then add the flour. Spread this over the cooled brownies and then top with glaze.

MAKE THE GLAZE:
Microwave the semisweet chocolate chips with a tablespoon of butter until lightly melted, but with chunks of chocolate still in tact. Spread over brownies.**

Garlic Chicken Pizza

I got this recipe off of dealstomeals.com... the same lady that does myfoodstoragedeals.com. Again, she is amazing and always has awesome recipes. I think the next time I make this, I will switch it up a bit. It was a little too "ranchy" for me. So I think instead of ranch, I will substitute alfrado sauce. Other than that... it was great!

Garlic Chicken Pizza

1 Pizza dough recipe (see below)
1 1/2 c. ranch dressing
1 T. garlic cloves, minced
2 t. basil
½ c. shredded Parmesan Cheese
2 lbs. cooked and cubed chicken (crumbled sausage is also good on these pizzas)
Green onions
Vegetables (Mushrooms (I dehydrated a bunch of mushrooms this week so that is what I used on my pizza... dehydrating is so addicting and a whole other story but that will have to wait), Zucchini, yellow squash (thanks to Andy's moms garden I had some), onions, etc.), diced or cut thin
Tomatoes diced



Pizza dough

1 c. and 2 T. Hot tap water
2 T. Olive oil or vegetable oil
3 c. flour (start with 2 ½ c. and add other ½ c. only if dough is too sticky)
1 t. sugar
3 t. salt
2 ½ t. yeast

Make sure you add the Hot tap water, yeast and sugar together. Allow to grow 5 minutes. Then slowly add the flour one cup at a time until each cup as been incorporated, and add the salt after the first cup of flour. Touch dough to make sure it is soft and bouncy to the touch. Mix and let rise until it doubles in size. For more Italian flavor add basil and garlic powder to the dough.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Banana Muffins

I got this recipe from http://www.myfoodstoragedeals.blogspot.com/. This lady is a genius so I always follow her blogs. I love this recipe I tried this week. These muffins are a little dense but are great for using up your wheat and oats (and I have a ton of applesauce in food storage). They tasted great!

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Banana Muffins



1 1/2 c. flour (I used 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 white flour)
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. nutmeg
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg
3/4 c. applesauce
2 c. smashed bananas (about 2-3 bananas)
1 3/4 cup oats
1 pkg. chocolate chips

Mix eggs, sugar, applesauce, bananas. Add everything else then chocolate chips.
Put in muffin tins and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Bake

This recipe comes from one of my high school friends, Brooke. It sounds super yummy and I know my husband will love it!

Chicken Cordon Bleu Bake

2 Packages reduced sodium Stuffing mix

1 can (10 3/4 oz) cream of chicken soup

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp pepper

3/4 lb sliced deli ham, cut into 1 inch stips
1 cup swiss cheese shredded

2 cups cheddar cheese shredded

2 cups cooked chicken ( I used shredded--but I think cubed would be better)

Prepare stuffing mixes according to directions on box. Meanwhile in a bowl, combine soup and milk. Put chicken in a greased 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle with pepper. Layer with ham, swiss cheese and 1 cups of cheddar cheese, soup mixture and stuffing. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese. At this point you can freeze. Thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from fridge 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake 10-15 minutes longer.

This is what Brooke had to say about some alterations she made.

*** I altered the recipe a bit and it still turned out alright. I didn’t have ham that thick so I layered a few pieces on top of eachother. I would suggest making sure they are cute up a bit. I also didn’t have any swiss cheese on hand. I just used a mexi blend cheese that I had in my fridge and it turned out good. When I make it again I would try to find the low sodium soup and maybe only use 1 and a half boxes of stuffing. It is a bit over powering.

Thanks Brooke, can't wait to try it out!