Chocolate Ooey Gooey Butter Cake

The Paula Deen strawberry ooey gooey butter cake was a hit and there are many other flavors or the butter cake.  This is the chocolate butter cake and it is very good as well.  I think you will like it. 

Keep a chocolate cake mix in your pantry so you will be ready to make it at any time.

Start with a pkg of chocolate cake mix.  There are different types of chocolate cake mix so pick your favorite.

Melt 1 stick of butter for now.

Add one egg

Mix that into the cake mix.  It will be thick.

Press into the bottom of a sprayed 9x13 baking dish.

Then add 8 oz of softened cream cheese

2 eggs

1/4 cup cocoa powder

Mix that well.  It looks like frosting.

Now add 16 oz or 3 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Mix that well.

Add 1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt your other stick of butter.  Add to the mixture.

Mix well.

Pour over the cake mix crust.  Place in a preheated 350 oven.  Bake for 40-50 minutes.  Check it after 30.  You don't want to overtake.

Let cool well before cutting.

Cut and enjoy.  Very easy to make and great for taking to a pot luck dinner.

Chocolate Ooey Gooey Butter Cake Recipe

2 sticks butter divided and melted
1 pkg chocolate cake mix
3 eggs 1 in the crust and 2 in the filling
8 oz softened cream cheese
1/4 cup cocoa powder
16 oz powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350.  Bake for 40-50 minutes.  Check after 30.

Monster Cookies

Here's another cookie recipe for you.  This one was my favorite and I didn't share this one like I did the others.  This cookie has a little bit of everything in it. You can even make it seasonal with the mini M&M's.

This cookie has lots of chocolate, peanut butter, and oats in it. 

These could be called the kitchen sink cookies.

Start with 1 stick of softened butter

Add 1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter.  Mix this well.

Add 1 egg

2 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cornstarch.  I am finding more and more recipes with cornstarch in them.

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup mini chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups quick oats

1 cup mini M&M's.  These are usually found in the baking isle.

The cookie dough looks good enough to eat.

I scooped them up onto a parchment lined baking sheet.  And into the freezer they went. 

Then I labeled my freezer zip lock bag and stored them in the freezer. 

When I baked them I preheated the oven to 350.  Frozen they took about 10 1/2 minutes to 11.  Non frozen 7-9 minutes.  Just watch them so they don't get to brown.

Monster Cookies Recipe

1 stick softened butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1 egg

2 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups quick oats

1 cup mini chocolate chips

1 cup mini M&M's

Preheat oven to 350.  Bake for 7-9 minutes.  Frozen 10-11 minutes.

Cinnamon Crunch Banana Bread

What do you do when you have ripe bananas?  You make banana bread.  This is a new recipe with a nice cinnamon topping.  I think you will like this recipe.  It is freezable too.  Of course these are going in the freezer too.  I guess what I don't use for the open house we can have for breakfast for a couple of weeks. 

This recipe uses walnuts instead of pecans but you could use either.

Start with 1/4 cup oil

2 eggs

1/3 cup milk

2/3 cup sugar.  Mix this well until fluffy.

Add 3 ripe bananas that have been mushed.

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup quick cooking oats

1/2 cup chopped walnuts.

This is the topping

2 Tablespoons softened butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 Tablespoons all purpose flour.  I also missed the 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix that well.

Fill your loaf pan or pans.  I used the mini pans.

Top with the cinnamon mixture.  Place in a preheated 350 oven.  Bake for about 30-40 minutes.  Test after 30 minutes.

The topping kinda oozed over the sides but that is okay.  Let cool in the pan for a few minutes.  Run a knife around the edges to help it come out.

I was worried they were not going to come out clean but they did! Let cool and then wrap for the freezer or wrap to eat later.

Cinnamon Crunch Banana Bread Recipe

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup sugar
3/4 cups quick cook oats
1/4 cup oil
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
3 very ripe bananas
1/2 cup walnuts

Topping
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
2 Tablespoons softened butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350.  For regular loaf pan bake 50-60 minutes.  For mini loafs 30-40 minutes.