Chocolate Emergency Cookies With Vanilla Icing Recipes

911 CHOCOLATE EMERGENCY COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt chocolates and 1/2 stick butter (in microwave). Cool briefly.
• Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• Beat 1/2 stick butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until the consistancy of wet sand.
• Add the eggs and vanilla and mix.
• Mix in chocolate mixture, beating only until combined.
• Stir in flour mixture, only until combined.
• Chill for 1 hour.
• Dip out with an ice cream scoop (I use a 4 teaspoon cookie dipper) onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 1 sheet at a time for 9 to 11 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Do not over bake.
• Cool 2 minutes on pan before moving to cooling racks.

CHOCOLATE EMERGENCY COOKIES WITH VANILLA ICING

Steps:

• In the top of a double boiler, melt the chips, chopped up chocolate and 4 tbsp butter. When melted, set aside to cool.
• Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the remaining 4 tbsp of butter in with both sugars. When mixed, add eggs abd vanilla. Mix in the slightly cooled chocolate mixture, until just combined.
• Stir in flour mixture, mixing only until completely combined.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refegerate for.
• 25 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350ºF Grease the cookie sheets.
• Using a heaping tablespoon measure, scoop out enough for 12 cookies on a sheet.
• Bake one sheet at a time for @ 9 to 11 minutes.Do not overbake, the cookies will firm up when they have cooled.
• Allow cookie to cool for a minute before moving them off the cookie sheet. When cool, frost with Vanilla Icing.
• Vanilla Icing-.
• Beat the butter until creamy.
• Gradually add the cream vanilla, and confectioners sugar and beat well.
• If necessary, add more confectioners sugar. The icing should be fairly stiff, not soupy.
• Spread a thick layer on each cookie.

CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES WITH VANILLA-CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Set 2 racks in the middle and upper third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees. In a food processor or the bowl of an electric mixer, thoroughly mix together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. While pulsing or on low speed, add the butter, then the egg. Process or beat until the dough is thoroughly blended and massed together. Drop rounded teaspoons of batter onto nonstick or parchment-lined cookie sheets at 2-inch intervals. With moistened fingers, round out the cookies and flatten them a little. Bake for 9 minutes, turning the pans once for even baking, until the cookies are set. Set the cookie sheets on a rack to cool.
• Vanilla-Cream Filling: Put the butter and shortening in a mixing bowl and, at low speed, gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, until blended. Turn the mixer up to high and beat for 2 or 3 minutes more, until fluffy.
• With a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch tip, pipe teaspoon size blobs of filling onto the tops of half the cookies. Keeping the smooth bottoms of the cookies facing up, flip the remaining cookies on top of the filling and lightly press to form sandwiches.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat the butter until light and smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
• Place the chocolate chips in a small bowl and place over a small pan of barely simmering water. Heat, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted and smooth, about 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the melted chocolate to the vanilla frosting and stir until smooth.

VANILLA - CHOCOLATE POWDERED SUGAR FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream sugar, butter and vanilla. Add a small amount of milk (1 to 2 tablespoons). Add cocoa if desired and beat until fluffy. If frosting is too sweet add a little more milk.

ONE MINUTE CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa powder, milk, butter and vanilla. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly, and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Using an electric mixer, beat icing for 3 minutes, or until mixture cools and thickens to spreading consistency. Spread onto completely cooled cake.

FROSTED CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets with shortening or cooking spray. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, 1/2 cup butter, the buttermilk, vanilla, egg and 2 oz melted chocolate with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt until dough forms. Stir in nuts.
• Onto greased cookie sheets, drop dough by level 1/4 cupfuls or #16 cookie/ice cream scoop about 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with fork.
• Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In 2-quart saucepan, melt 2 oz chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and hot water until smooth. (If frosting is too thick, stir in additional water. If frosting is too thin, stir in additional powdered sugar.) Spread frosting on cooled cookies. If desired, draw tines of fork through frosting to make wavy lines. Decorate with candy sprinkles.